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<title>Significant Property Tax Cuts Sailing Through Wyoming Legislature | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Wyoming Legislature has been advancing a series of property tax relief bills that will significantly cut tax bills for most residential property owners. Even so, legislators who support them still say they fall short of “real reform.”

Significant Property Tax Cuts Sailing Through Wyoming Legislature

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Andrew Rossi

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<title>As Locals Freak Out, Transplanted Wyomingite In The South Loves The Record Snow | Cowboy State Daily</title>

While many people in the U.S. South are freaking out over a winter storm that brought record snowfall across Alabama, Florida and Louisiana, a transplanted Wyomingite is loving it. He's having too much fun showing neighbors how to handle the snow.

As Locals Freak Out, Transplanted Wyomingite In The South Loves The Record Snow

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<title>Inspired By ‘Little Siberia’ Schoolhouse, Support Grows For Rural Wyoming Schools | Cowboy State Daily</title>

After the success of a one-room schoolhouse in remote north Albany County, Wyoming is poised for more across the state. A bill to create more rural schools passed the House Education Committee unanimously Wednesday.

Inspired By ‘Little Siberia’ Schoolhouse, Support Grows For Rural Wyoming Schools

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Report: “Give Me A Hug Now,” Gillette Man Tells Mom After Shooting Sister In Head | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Gillette, Wyoming, man has been charged with second-degree murder on claims he killed his sister. Police report that after he shot his sister in the head, he told his mother, “Give me a hug, because I am going to jail.”
 

Report: “Give Me A Hug Now,” Gillette Man Tells Mom After Shooting Sister In Head

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<title>Bill To Split Whitetail And Mule Deer Seasons Passes, But Some Hunters Not Sold | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A bill that will split whitetail and mule deer seasons passed out of a legislative committee Tuesday. But some Wyoming hunters say that won’t help.

Bill To Split Whitetail And Mule Deer Seasons Passes, But Some Hunters Not Sold

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<title>Bill Aims To Stop Wyoming’s Prime Trout Waters Getting Mobbed By Out-Of-Staters | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s prime trout fishing spots are getting mobbed by out-of-staters. Backers of a bill said Tuesday it could stop that by restricting the number of boats allowed on prime sections of the state’s rivers.

Bill Aims To Stop Wyoming’s Prime Trout Waters Getting Mobbed By Out-Of-Staters

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