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Barrasso To Run For Whip, Not Leader
Though mentioned as one of the favorites to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader, Wyoming's senior Sen. John Barrasso announced early Tuesday he's seeking the Republican whip position instead.
Clair McFarlandMarch 05, 2024
Chaos In Wyoming Senate After Driskill Boots Budget Team
Members of the Wyoming Senate reached a boiling point Monday night over failure to bridge a $1.1 billion gap in budget negotiations with the House. Senate President Ogden Driskill then fired his budget team and replaced them with new members.
Leo WolfsonMarch 05, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Tuesday's headlines include: - Tempers Boil Over In Wyoming Senate Over Budget - Ban On Minors Getting Gender Transitions Close To Becoming Law - Remnants of Massive California Snowstorm Hit Jackson Hole
Wendy CorrMarch 05, 2024
Tom Lubnau: The Dunning Kruger Effect – Or Why People Who Know Nothing Think They're Experts
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Have you ever watched someone stand in the middle of a room, give a speech on a topic with absolute confidence, and be completely wrong?"
Tom LubnauMarch 05, 2024
Each Wyoming School District Could Get $10,000 To Store Guns, Train Staff
A bill moved to the Wyoming House floor Monday would give school districts $10,000 each to safely store firearms in schools, and also help pay to train staff how to use them.
Mark HeinzMarch 05, 2024
Wyoming House OKs Bill Allowing Power Companies To Charge For Carbon Capture
The Wyoming House on Monday passed a bill that would push back carbon-capture retrofits for power plants by three years, and for utilities to recoup the cost of it from customers.
Pat MaioMarch 05, 2024
Bill Targeting Deepfake AI Fraud Dies In Wyoming Committee
A bill that would’ve given Wyoming the most expansive law in the nation targeting fraudulent deepfake artificial intelligence videos died in committee Monday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 05, 2024
Guest Column: Wyoming Freedom Caucus Supports Senate Budget
Members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus write, "We are strongly opposed to the Uniparty's position in the House of growing government by 30% over the next two years– after all, will your income grow that much over the next two years?"
CSD StaffMarch 05, 2024
Ban On Trans Treatments For Kids In Wyoming Close To Becoming Law
A bill that would prohibit doctors from performing gender transitioning treatments on minors in Wyoming is close to becoming law. Sen. Anthony Bouchard's legislation passed a House committee on Monday and is all but certain to pass the House.
Leo WolfsonMarch 05, 2024
Wyoming Holding Smallest Oil & Gas Lease Auction In Years; Dismal Prospects Continue
Wyoming is holding its smallest oil and gas lease auction in years this week and that's par for the course lately. During the Trump years, the state of Wyoming collected $95 million in bonus and rental fees, compared with a little over $19 million during the Biden years.
Pat MaioMarch 04, 2024
With 70 Inches Of Snow, Jackson Gets Leftovers From Historic California Storm
California was buried over the weekend with a massive snowstorm that had enough punch left to cover the Jackson Hole Ski Area with 70 inches of snow over the weekend. Meteorologist Don Day says more snow is on the way.
Andrew RossiMarch 04, 2024
Guest Column: Extreme Partisanship Is Hurting Wyoming Businesses
Rep. Trey Sherwood writes, “Many of my colleagues at the Capitol — and particularly in the radical Freedom Caucus — are actively trying to defund state agencies and programs that I have seen firsthand help Wyoming businesses flourish.”
CSD StaffMarch 04, 2024
Wheatland Man Charged With Having Sex Acts With Dog And Cheese Spray
A Wheatland, Wyoming, man charged with multiple felonies for allegedly having child porn and for having a dog perform a sex act on him with spray cheese could spend more than 100 years in prison if convicted.
Clair McFarlandMarch 04, 2024
Bill To Ban Tracking Of Wyoming Gun, Ammo Sales Heads To House Floor
Speaking in support of a bill that would ban the tracking of gun and ammo sales, Sen. Anthony Bouchard said "everything you buy is tracked and data is sold. The problem is on the gun side, that data could be used for nefarious purposes.”
Mark HeinzMarch 04, 2024
Dave Simpson: Sticking With Donald Trump Despite The Bloviating Jackass Moments
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Defending Trump can be tough at times, but it beats the daylights out of another four years of clueless Joe Biden."
Dave SimpsonMarch 04, 2024
Brief: ‘Accidental Discharge’ Sends Casper 18-Year-Old To Hospital With Gun Wound
Casper Police Department continue to investigate what they are calling the “accidental discharge” of a weapon that resulted in an 18-year-old male being shot at a Dairy Queen on Sunday.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 04, 2024
Caught Behind Car Fire On I-80 Near Laramie, Weitzels Wings Feeds Firefighters
When Laramie food truck "Weitzel's Wings" got stuck in 13-mile traffic jam because of a car fire on Interstate 80 near Laramie on Sunday, they fired up the fryers and fed firefighters, Wyoming Highway Patrol, and other first responders on the scene.
Andrew RossiMarch 04, 2024
Hageman Applauds Supreme Court Ruling That Trump Can’t Be Left Off Ballots
Rep. Harriet Hageman told Cowboy State Daily she found the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Monday that former President Trump cannot be barred from states’ election ballots to be a “common sense decision.”
Leo WolfsonMarch 04, 2024
Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken Is One Of The Youngest Sheriffs In Wyoming History
It was a hunting trip that hooked Alex Bakken on the Rocky Mountain West. So right out of college he moved to Wyoming and got into law enforcement. 10 years later, he became Carbon County's sheriff -- one of the youngest ever -- and says he'll never leave Wyoming.
Jen KocherMarch 04, 2024
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Monday, March 4, 2024
Monday's headlines include: * Thousands turn out to honor fallen Sheridan officer * Two-thirds of Wyoming range mule deer herd killed last winter * Triceratops is Wyoming’s state dinosaur because there are Triceratops everywhere
Wendy CorrMarch 04, 2024
Lost For Decades, ‘Big Nose’ George’s Gun Found In Wyoming Museum Archives
“Big Nose” George Parrott’s reign of terror as a Wyoming highwayman, cattle rustler and cop killer came to an abrupt halt at the end of a rope. His gun, lost for decades, was recently found in the archives of a Green River museum.
Andrew RossiMarch 03, 2024
A Decade In, Wyoming’s Food Freedom Law Opens Markets For Mom-And-Pop Producers
There are now 13 year-round farmer’s market-style stores in Wyoming since the state's Food Freedom law went into effect 10 years ago. Every one of them boasts dozens of producers, all with one-of-a-kind products that can’t be found anywhere else.
Renée JeanMarch 03, 2024
Swiss-Born Baker Taking Wyoming By Storm With Her Traditional Bread
A Swiss woman who lives in Carpenter, Wyoming, was feeling a bit nostalgic one day for the foods she grew up with. So she asked on Facebook: “Who wants some Swiss bread?” She got so many responses, she quit her job and became a full-time baker.
Renée JeanMarch 03, 2024
Wyoming Historian Uncovers Only Known Photo Of 1865 Cavalry Captain
A Wyoming historian has uncovered the only known photo of U.S. Cavalry officer Capt. James Ellbridge Greer who was the commander at the 1865 Battle of Platte Bridge Station near present-day Casper.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 03, 2024