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Guest Column: Wyoming Should Not Fear Artificial Intelligence Or Data Centers

Guest columnist Matt Micheli writes, "By embracing data center development, strengthening energy infrastructure, and supporting American technology companies in AI development, we secure economic growth and create more opportunities for Wyoming communities."

Guest ColumnJune 07, 2026

Guest Column: Managing Data Centers to Protect Wyoming Way While Securing Our Economic Future

Gov. Mark Gordon writes, "Data centers are not new to Wyoming. For over 20 years, this industry has maintained a proven track record here, quietly employing Wyoming citizens, diversifying our economy, and providing stable, high-paying technology careers."

Guest ColumnJune 05, 2026

Guest Column: Gordon Gets It Wrong Again by Trying to Fast-Track Data Centers

Sen. Cheri Steinmetz writes, "Despite public concern over water, electricity rates, land use, infrastructure impacts, the governor appears determined to fast-track data centers under the banner of doing it 'the Wyoming way.'"

Guest ColumnJune 04, 2026

Guest Column: I Grew Up on This Land. I'll Continue to Protect It.

Prometheus Hyperscale founder Trenton Thornock writes, "My family has ranched in Uinta County for six generations. When people in Evanston and Casper raise concerns about what a proposed data center means for Wyoming's water, I'm here to talk about it."

Guest ColumnMay 24, 2026

Guest Column: Hunger Doesn’t Take Vacations

First Lady Jennie Gordon writes, "If we believe in feeding children during the school year, we must believe in feeding them during the summer. Hunger does not take a vacation.”

Guest ColumnMay 12, 2026

Guest Column: Why We Need A Special Prosecutor To Investigate Chuck Gray

Guest columnist George Powers writes, "I have asked the attorney general to hand this case to an independent, disinterested, special prosecutor, someone who will not be encumbered with any conflicting duty owed to Secretary of State Chuck Gray."

Guest ColumnMay 07, 2026

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Guest Column: Make Your Independent Vote Count

Guest columnist Pete Illoway writes, "Wyoming independents who care about this state's future might want to seriously consider re-registering as Republicans by May 13 so you can vote in the election that will decide 90% of our leaders in 2026."

Guest ColumnMay 07, 2026

Guest Column: Why Did I Vote To Let Hungry Kids Starve?

Rep. Ken Pendergraft writes, "Why did I vote to let hungry kids starve? Who in their right mind would deny food to a hungry child? Certainly, I would not, so why did I vote against Sun Bucks?"

Guest ColumnMay 03, 2026

Guest Column: Judge Forgey Doesn’t Deserve to Die

Guest Columnist Ryan Semerad writes: “On my drive to the office each day, I pass the Wellspring clinic in Casper. I see peaceful protesters carrying signs reading: 'Pray to end abortion.' Pray. Not kill to end abortion."

Guest ColumnApril 30, 2026

Guest Column: Wyoming Powered America for a Century. It’s Not Done Yet.

Guest columnist Betsey Hale writes, "The digital economy needs power. Wyoming has it. The question is whether we are going to compete hard enough to make sure the investment lands here rather than somewhere else."

Guest ColumnApril 27, 2026

Guest Column: The Blueprint of Prosperity — Originalism, Accountability And The American Miracle

Guest columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Recently, 110 signators put their names to a letter targeting me and the Freedom Caucus. While political opposition is natural, such coordinated efforts often reveal a frustrating modern reality: a willingness to bypass rigorous, constitutional debate in favor of public posturing."

Guest ColumnApril 23, 2026

Guest Column: Facts, Not Fear — What Oakland’s Air Data Really Shows About Coal Trains

Emily Arthun, CEO of the American Coal Council, writes, "After years of measurement and review, the evidence is firmly on the record: coal trains are not the source of West Oakland’s particle pollution. Facts, not fear, should guide the conversation."

Guest ColumnApril 21, 2026