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Guest Column: The Democrat And Freedom Caucus Cliques Using Dark Money Need To Stop

Guest columnist Jessica Sell Chambers writes: "This is not Liz Storer against the Freedom Caucus, or one party against the other. Dark money infecting Wyoming backs Democrats and moderate Republicans, and the Freedom Caucus allies run the same play. Both sides should own it."

Guest ColumnOctober 30, 2026

Guest Column: You Don’t Own Your Home If the Government Can Tax You Out of It

Sen. Bob Ide writes: "Proposition 1 offers a 50% tax exemption on a primary home for qualified owners. It is good policy for people who live in and maintain Wyoming homes, and the loudest claims about collapsing schools and empty fire stations are exaggerated fear campaigns."

Guest ColumnOctober 29, 2026

Ashley Harpstreith is the Executive Director for the Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM) which serves all of Wyoming’s 99 municipalities.

Guest Column: Proposition 1 — Local Funding And Local Consequences

WAM Dir Ashley Harpstreith writes, "Prop 1 provides no backstop. A town can't hire a police officer, fix a water main, or keep a fire station staffed on the strength of a possible appropriation from Cheyenne that hasn't been made and can't be guaranteed."

Guest ColumnOctober 28, 2026

Former House Speaker and Senate President Eli Bebout (left), former Republican nominee for governor and longtime attorney Ray Hunkins

Guest Column: Republicans! Bury The Hatchet And Enact Needed Election Reform

Guest columnists Eli Bebout and Ray Hunkins write, "Abandoning your party because you don’t like the candidate your fellow party members nominated, is like abandoning the Cowboys and rooting for CSU because you don’t like the coach."

Guest ColumnOctober 27, 2026

Guest Column: Dark Money — The Election Integrity Issue Wyoming Voters Care About

Sen. Ed Cooper writes, "Members of the Freedom Caucus – all members of the House who lost their reelects and complained that it wasn’t voters holding them accountable, it was dark money that beat them – instead voted to protect dark money."

Guest ColumnOctober 24, 2026

Guest Column: Proposition 1 — An Historically Huge Mistake

Former Gov. Dave Freudenthal writes, "Among the generally bad ideas brought by the Freedom Caucus, Proposition 1 may be the worst. Perhaps they should be renamed the 'Freedom from Responsibility Caucus'."

Guest ColumnOctober 23, 2026

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Guest Column: There Is No Such Thing As A Free Backfill

10 Wyoming legislators write, "Some proponents of Prop 1. suggest the state can simply 'backfill' the resulting losses to schools, counties, cities and special districts. There is nothing simple – or particularly conservative – about that. First, a state backfill isn't tax relief. It is a tax shift."

Guest ColumnOctober 17, 2026

Guest Column: Making Room for the Next Generation

Guest columnist Nikki Gill writes, "For nearly seven years, my family and an extraordinary team of people have fought battle after battle in Teton County for something we believed this community desperately needed: housing. Not simply houses, but homes. Starter homes, multi-family homes, ones within the realm of affordability."

Guest ColumnOctober 16, 2026

Guest Column: Why I’m Voting NO On Proposition 1

Guest columnist Dale Bohren writes, "There are philosophical reasons I’m voting against the Freedom Caucus sponsored Proposition 1 property tax cut. I hope you will vote against it too. Here is why..."

Guest ColumnOctober 15, 2026

Guest Column: Why Passing Prop. 1 Would Have A Devastating Impact On Wyoming

Gov. Mark Gordon writes, "Property tax does not go to the state - it stays at the local level. Reducing an essential obligation’s funding does not eliminate it, and remarkably this ill-conceived Proposition lacks any plan to cover those costs."

Guest ColumnOctober 12, 2026

Rep. Lee Filer represents House District 44 in Cheyenne

Guest Column: A Utility Monopoly Should Never Be A Roadblock To Wyoming’s Economic Future

Guest columnist Rep. Lee Filer writes, "The conversation surrounding third-party electrical generation in Wyoming needs to be broader than data centers. This issue is ultimately about whether our state will have the power necessary to grow our economy, support existing industries, and attract new businesses."

Guest ColumnOctober 02, 2026

Guest Column: Hearing Someone Out Is Not The Same As Agreeing With Them

Sen. Ogden Driskill writes, "What should concern Wyoming voters isn't a senator having iced tea with friends in a public bar where anyone could walk up and join in. What should concern them is the effort to turn an ordinary, open conversation into a scandal."

Guest ColumnSeptember 30, 2026