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<title>Senate Rejects House Changes To Huge 50% Property Tax Cut | Cowboy State Daily</title>

After the Wyoming House spent more than five hours debating 21 amendments before passing a huge 50% property tax bill Wednesday, the Senate took minutes to reject it Thursday. Now the two chambers will have to negotiate.

Senate Rejects House Changes To Huge 50% Property Tax Cut

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<title>Man Who Strangled Drunk Man At Casper Motel Gets 62 Years To Life | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A 44-year-old Casper man faces a 62-to-life prison sentence for strangling a 28-year-old man in a Casper motel room last March. James Mavigliano was convicted of second-degree murder in December following a jury trial.

Man Who Strangled Drunk Man At Casper Motel Gets 62 Years To Life

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<title>Two Dead In Latest Green River Crash ID'd; Semi Truck Went Straight On Curve | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A fatal crash outside Green River that killed two people Wednesday happened when a semitruck failed to navigate a curve and collided with a Honda Odyssey, the Wyoming Highway Patrol reports.

 

Two Dead In Latest Green River Crash ID'd; Semi Truck Went Straight On Curve

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<title>Wyoming Girl Who Fought Off Attacker Forgives Him As He Gets 36-40 Years | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A man who attacked and tried to kidnap a Wyoming girl outside a Riverton movie theater was sentenced Thursday to 36-40 years in prison. His victim told Cowboy State Daily that as she fought him off, she was determined to not be another memorial on Facebook.

Wyoming Girl Who Fought Off Attacker Forgives Him As He Gets 36-40 Years

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<title>Wyoming Legislator Pushes Back On Claim Shooting Prairie Dogs Is “Psychopathic” | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A retired professor told a Wyoming legislative committee Thursday that shooting prairie dogs is “psychopathic.” That raised the hackles of the sponsor of a bill to allow shooting the critters from vehicles. It’s about pest management, he says.

Wyoming Legislator Pushes Back On Claim Shooting Prairie Dogs Is “Psychopathic”

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<title>Wyoming Native Reid Rasner Puts Together $47.45 Billion Offer To Buy TikTok | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Casper native Reid Rasner has put together a $47.45 billion bid to bring the popular social media app TikTok to Wyoming, which he said would keep the app away from China and boost the state’s economy.

Wyoming Native Reid Rasner Puts Together $47.45 Billion Offer To Buy TikTok

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