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Wyoming Has Too Many Elk, And Nobody’s Sure What To Do About It
There are way too many elk, particularly in eastern and northeastern Wyoming, and lawmakers, ranchers, hunters and the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish are in a quandary over how to handle it.
Mark HeinzAugust 11, 2023
Proposal Would Allow Civil Lawsuits For Abusing Vulnerable Adults In Wyoming
A Wyoming legislative task force has drafted a bill that would open the state’s civil courts to pursuing justice for exploiting vulnerable adults.
Leo WolfsonAugust 11, 2023
Hageman Says Mandatory Electronic IDs For Cattle Too Costly, Invasive
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman wants to gut the funding for a proposed USDA mandate for electronic ear tags for cattle, saying they’re too costly and invades ranchers’ privacy.
August 11, 2023
Colorado Raising Gun Purchase Age To 21 Likely Unconstitutional, UW Law Prof Says
A new Colorado law raising the legal age to purchase a firearm in that state from 18 to 21 has already been blocked by a federal judge, and will likely be proven unconstitutional, a Wyoming gun law expert said.
Mark HeinzAugust 11, 2023
Wyoming Ag Land Value Up 19% From Pre-Pandemic Years
The value of Wyoming agriculture land is up nearly 19% from 2019, but is leveling off even as it continues to explode across the United States.
August 11, 2023
Rod Miller: That Time I Lost A Bet To A White Supremacist Knuckle-Dragger
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "This is a sordid tale about the doomed path of mixing gambling with fringe politics. There must be some obscure warning in Leviticus about this sort of dangerous behavior. Ma must have cautioned me about the risks. If so, I’ve clearly forgotten."
Rod MillerAugust 11, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Friday, August 11, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 11, 2023
Clair McFarland: I Can't Watch The Barbie Movie (Not After What I Did To Her)
Clair McFarland writes, “My boisterous cousin Michael materialized out of nowhere and showed us how to pop off Barbie’s head and stick a firecracker into her neck. We lit the doll, threw her in the air and ran backwards."
Clair McFarlandAugust 11, 2023
Hageman Says FBI Made ‘Coordinated Effort’ To Label Catholics ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Rep. Harriet Hageman said a recent subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee shows multiple FBI field offices produced a memo targeting traditional Catholics as domestic terrorists.
Leo WolfsonAugust 11, 2023
Cheyenne Sixers Is First Wyoming Team Ever To Make American Legion World Series
The Cheyenne Sixers have dominated Wyoming American Legion baseball for more than two decades and now they've taken it a step further. With Sunday's win, they became the first Wyoming team ever to go to the American Legion World Series.
Jake NicholsAugust 11, 2023
Tale Of 2 LDS Temples: Casper’s On Fast Track While Plans For Cody’s Protested
Unlike a controversial Mormon temple planned for Cody, Wyoming, a similar structure being built in Casper hasn’t faced any opposition.
Leo WolfsonAugust 11, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Rocky Mountain Power's 29.2% Total Rate Increase
Dear editor: Rocky Mountain Power is requesting that YOUR power bill be raised almost 30%, with 7.6% of that already in place on an “interim basis” – prior to any ruling by the state’s Public Service Commission, and prior to the People of Wyoming having a voice and the ability to weigh in on a crippling rate hike."
August 10, 2023
Is Beyond Meat Beyond Saving? Fake Meat Company Stock Down 90% From 2020 Peak
In its latest earnings report, plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat report sales are imploding. Wyoming beef producers say they’re not surprised people prefer real meat.
August 10, 2023
Montana Woman Says She Feared For Her Life During Otter Attack
A Bozeman, Montana, woman who survived a vicious attack by an otter while float tubing on the Jefferson River says she had a “this is how I’m going to die” moment.
Mark HeinzAugust 10, 2023
Biden Lawyers Deny Coercion In Mafia-Like Demands To Censor Social Media
Lawyers for the Biden administration argued Thursday that government officials weren’t trying to coerce social media platforms, but a federal judge compared the messaging to menacing mafia overtones.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Media Has It Wrong: Frequency Of Climate Disasters Down
Though it’s often reported that climate-related natural disasters are becoming more frequent, the latest numbers show a decline since 2000.
August 10, 2023
The Standing Dead — Wyoming’s Roadside Ghosts Forests Are Here To Stay
A pine beetle epidemic that ripped through Wyoming during the 2000s and 2010s have created roadside ghost forests in Yellowstone and just about anywhere else the Cowboy State’s roads wind through mountains with forested slopes.
Mark HeinzAugust 10, 2023
Wyoming Teacher Charged In Connection With Fifth Grader's Suicide Pleads Not Guilty
A Cheyenne teacher accused of leaving an 11-year-old boy unattended at school and contributing to his suicide pleaded not guilty to a charge of child endangerment.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Demonizing Oil Claims Another Casualty: Petroleum Engineers
University of Wyoming graduate Linnae Lueken said the reason there are so few petroleum engineering graduates now is because oil companies let critics stomp all over them by not challenging anti-fossil fuel rhetoric.
August 10, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Thursday, August 10, 2023
This is Cowboy State Daily Radio for Thursday, August 10, 2023
Wendy CorrAugust 10, 2023
Wyoming Student Arrested For Not Wearing Mask Sues, Says Free Speech Violated
Grace Smith, the Laramie High School student who was arrested in 2021 for refusing to wear a mask at school, is suing the Albany County School District, claiming her First Amendment right, and others, were violated.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Judge: Former Wyoming Schools Chief Acted In ‘Bad Faith’ With Public Records
A Laramie County judge said he agrees there’s at least some merit to accusations that the Wyoming Department of Education and former Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder purposely withheld public documents.
Leo WolfsonAugust 10, 2023
Cody Planners OK Mormon Temple — Minus 77-Foot Steeple
A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Cody received most of the approval it needs at a meeting Tuesday, but not for its controversial 77-foot steeple.
Leo WolfsonAugust 10, 2023
Charlie Spiering: Biden’s Big Battery Bus Boondoggle Bust
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "Despite Democrats echoing the siren song of an all-electric public vehicle program that would protect children from diesel fumes, all the president’s shills and all the president’s subsidies could not keep Proterra from going bankrupt."
Charlie SpieringAugust 09, 2023