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Guest Column: Protecting The Kelly Parcel Is A Win-Win For Wyoming
Govs. Sullivan and Freudenthal write, "We urge the legislature to recognize the commitment of the Park Service and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and facilitate a sale to Grand Teton National Park."
CSD StaffFebruary 18, 2024
Guest Column: Senate Bill Will Ensure Equitable Access to Public School Facilities
Sens. Affie Ellis and Evie Brennan write, "This week, we introduced legislation to ensure our public-school facilities remain accessible for public use. It would prohibit school districts from charging excessive rental and usage fees for school district property."
CSD StaffFebruary 16, 2024
Molly Hughes: Help Me Convince County Commissioners To Say Yes To My Future Habitat Neighbors
Guest columnist Molly Hughes writes, "Teton County has the opportunity for 45 acres of free private land given to non-profit housing developers for needed housing, proposed to be given by the Gill Family as part of a long overdue housing development. But it’s unclear if the majority of Teton County Commissioners will allow that needed housing to happen."
CSD StaffFebruary 14, 2024
Guest Column: Budget, Property Tax Top Priorities During Legislative Budget Session
Senate President Ogden Driskill and House Speaker Albert Sommers write, "Let’s be clear. Wielding the budget as a political litmus test or for ideological chest-thumping is not being conservative. That’s obstructionism. That may fly in DC but not here in Cheyenne."
CSD StaffFebruary 13, 2024
Guest Column: Appropriations Committee Trims Governor’s Proposals By Over $100 Million
Wyoming Appropriations Chairs Tara Nethercott and Bob Nicholas write, "Overall, the joint appropriations committee is recommending a budget for 2025-26 that spends $370 million less than the current 2023-24 budget."
CSD StaffFebruary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Mining Industries NOT Headed For Showdown Over Property Rights
Rep. Ben Hornok writes, "I would like to set the record straight about my House Bill 69, 'Mine permit and reclamation plan changes – landowner approval.'"
CSD StaffFebruary 11, 2024
Guest Column: Stories We Tell
Guest columnist Susan Stubson writes, "Is an obituary for the living or for the dead, an opportunity to rewrite grandma’s story or a last ditch attempt to make nicey nice with the one you couldn’t while they were alive?"
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Already Is Benefiting From Renewable Energy
Guest columnist and Rawlins Mayor Terry Weickum writes, "It’s long past time for an elitist state senator from Fremont County to stop his annual circus and to stop trying to undermine Carbon County’s economic future with his tired old disinformation about the renewable energy industry.
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: The Good Old Boy Glossary
Rep. Jeanette Ward writes, "A member of Wyoming’s 'good old boy' political class recently penned a column in Cowboy State Daily expressing disdain over the use of the terms 'elitist,' 'establishment,' 'RINO,' and 'Uniparty.' All of these terms are easily definable - I’ll defend their use any day."
CSD StaffFebruary 10, 2024
Guest Column: Is It A Conservative Principle To Mislead The Public?
Rep. David Northrup writes, "In a recent op-ed Representative Jennings says he has 'been delighted to impart my knowledge of conservatism.' Is it a conservative principle to mislead the public?"
CSD StaffFebruary 09, 2024
Guest Column: No Labels And The Old Wyoming Way
Guest columnist Jane Hill writes, "No Labels stands for the 70 percent of Americans who are tired of being told what to think by the extremes of both the Democratic and Republican parties. We're not just an alternative; we're a reflection of Wyoming's independent spirit.
CSD StaffFebruary 09, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Needs A Better Deal From Renewable Energy
Sen. Cale Case writes, "We should not permit consumers in California, Oregon, and Washington to decide the fate of the landscapes we love because they want to use renewable energy to run their Jacuzzis and charge their Teslas."
CSD StaffFebruary 08, 2024