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FFA State Convention offers students skills training, competition
You'd recognize those blue corduroy jackets with their gold medallions embroidered on the back anywhere. And the number of young people sporting the handsome garb is on the rise in Cheyenne this week as the Wyoming FFA Association State Convention comes to town.
April 12, 2019
Mother uses personal experience to help parents of premature babies
The events that followed inspired Elizabeth to found the non-profit Tobys Shower for Babies, which delivers baskets full of comfort items and information about caring for premature infants to Newborn Infant Care Units in Wyoming and Colorado.
April 11, 2019
Portraits of Wyoming: A conversation with KRAE’s Larry Proietti
Cowboy State Daily's Robert Geha and Mike McCrimmon sat down with the father-son duo to talk radio, local journalism and running a small business in Cheyenne.
April 08, 2019
Upscale restaurant The Metropolitan to open in downtown Cheyenne
A new upscale restaurant and events center will be opening in downtown Cheyenne later this year.
April 03, 2019
First Lady launches support for food security at Friday Food Bags
Both Jennie Gordon, First Lady of Wyoming and Governor Mark Gordon worked alongside Cheyenne volunteers Monday evening to fill 925 food bags for area children who may not have access to nutritious meals when school is out for spring break.
March 26, 2019
Wyoming congressional delegation welcomes end of Mueller probe
The end of the special investigation into President Donald Trumps campaign by Special Counsel Robert Mueller should free members of Congress to focus on important issues, according to members of Wyomings congressional delegation.
March 25, 2019
A Most Unique “Barn” Tour
Cheyenne Hills Church recently completed work on "The Barn" so middle and high school parishoners have a place to call their own". Sandy Johnson, senior staff assistant at the church, took Cowboy State Daily on a tour of the new facility.
March 22, 2019
Miraculous Wyoming cowgirl recovering after suffering “100% fatal” neck injury
Dakotah Winsor's little dog perished along a lonely stretch of highway between Casper and Shoshoni in late February and the 20-year-old is struggling with that loss while her family and friends are thankful Dakotah is alive and able to walk after sustaining a neck injury that doctors in Denver say was "100 percent fatal." The lead surgeon, in fact, told the Winsor family he'd only seen that specific injury in autopsy rooms.
March 18, 2019
In Brief: Plan to give state say over some Cheyenne planning approved by Senate
A plan to give Wyoming more of a say in planning in a 16-block area near the Capitol won final approval Tuesday from the state House.
February 26, 2019
Wyoming Legislature: Where they are
Here is the status of some bills making their way through the Legislatures general session:
February 23, 2019
Fifty years later, Black 14 member talks about race relations in Wyoming
Fifty years after the Black 14 were expelled from the University of Wyoming varsity football team, a Black 14 member said racism and ignorance still boils under Wyomings skin.
February 23, 2019
In Brief: Party switching bill dies in Senate
A bill that would have restricted when voters can change their party affiliations died in its first reading in the Senate on Thursday.
February 22, 2019
In Brief: Effort to restructure Legislature’s schedule fails
An effort to restructure the meeting schedule for the Legislature was defeated Wednesday in its first review by the full Senate.
February 21, 2019
In Brief: Animal cruelty bill undergoes major changes in committee
A bill that was designed to create a felony crime of animal abuse for repeat offenders was significantly changed by a Senate committee on Tuesday.
February 20, 2019
In Brief: Party switching bill clears Senate committee
People wishing to change their party affiliations for a primary election would have to do so by May 1 under a bill that won approval from a Senate committee on Tuesday.
February 20, 2019
Wyoming Legislative Week-in-Review
Bills to repeal Wyomings death penalty and impose a 48-hour waiting period for abortions both died in the states Legislature this week, while a bill that would provide bonuses for state investment professionals who make good investments is headed to the governors office for his signature. Cowboy State Dailys Robert Geha has the rundown on the legislative winners and losers for the week.
February 16, 2019
Governor vetoes first bill, measure adjusting legislator reimbursement
Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday vetoed his first bill, a measure designed to increase the amount legislators are reimbursed for expenses while taking part in legislative work from $109 to $149 per day.
February 16, 2019
In Brief: Bill for year-round Daylight Savings Time dies
A measure that would have put Wyoming on Daylight Savings Time throughout the year died in the Senate on Thursday.
February 15, 2019
Committee approves bill setting out “Capitol Complex” area
Wyomings House will get a look at a bill that would create a four square-block area for planning future development in the states Capitol Complex.
February 15, 2019
Bill providing bonus for good investment performance approved by Senate
A measure that would reward the states investment professionals for making decisions that boost the states revenue won final approval from the Senate in a unanimous vote on Thursday.
February 15, 2019
Gordon signs 19 measures into law
A measure creating a Wyoming National Guard museum in Cheyenne was among 19 signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Mark Gordon.
February 15, 2019
‘Suffrage Day’ measure first from session signed into law
A measure setting aside a day to recognize Wyoming as the first state in the nation to give women the right to vote became the first bill of the Legislatures 2019 session to be signed into law Wednesday.
February 13, 2019
Wyoming schools take Rachel’s Challenge: National anti-bullying program comes to state
A national anti-bullying program founded in memory of one of the victims of the Columbine High School shooting was brought to a Cheyenne high school on Tuesday. Rachels Challenge, created in honor of 17-year-old Rachel Scott, is based on the Code of Ethics she wrote a month before her death in the Columbine shooting of 1999.
February 13, 2019
Democrats call for Hutchings’ resignation; Senate promises probe
By Cowboy State Daily Wyomings Democratic Party on Monday demanded the resignation of a state senator criticized for her comments to a group of students. As the state Senate promised a thorough investigation into the complaints lodged against Sen. Lynn Hutchings, R-Cheyenne, a leading House Republican noted that Hutchings has the right to express her…
February 12, 2019