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<title>In Brief: Barrasso Says Use Unspent COVID Money To Finish U.S.-Mexico Wall | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s senior senator introduced a bill Thursday that would use unspent COVID-19 money to finish the southern border wall, if it passes. John Barrasso says it’s critical to protect U.S. citizens from “dangerous criminals and cartels.”

In Brief: Barrasso Says Use Unspent COVID Money To Finish U.S.-Mexico Wall

David Madison

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<title>Montana Trans Bill Goes Beyond Bathrooms, Includes Prisons And College Campuses | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Montana’s Legislature heard testimony Friday on what could become one of the most far-reaching transgender bills in the nation. House Bill 121 goes beyond requiring use of bathrooms by sex at birth at schools, it includes all public spaces.

Montana Trans Bill Goes Beyond Bathrooms, Includes Prisons And College Campuses

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Renée Jean

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<title>Wyomingites Pay More For Rural Postal Service Deliveries Through Sneaky Surcharge | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The U.S. Postal Service has quietly initiated a surcharge on package deliveries to rural areas, which includes much of Wyoming. The up-charges have been quietly slipped into Postal Service agreements with merchants like eBay.

Wyomingites Pay More For Rural Postal Service Deliveries Through Sneaky Surcharge

Coy Knobel

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 10, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Sunny in much of Wyoming on Friday with a chance for afternoon or evening snow. Blowing snow in some areas with wind gusts as high as 50 mph. Highs from the low 20s to mid 40s. Lows from single digits to the low 30s. 

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 10, 2025

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Lummis, Barrasso Resurrect Bill To Ban Renaming Devils Tower | Cowboy State Daily</title>

U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis resurrected a bill this week to ban efforts to rename Devils Tower. They continue a 30-year tradition of Wyoming’s delegation introducing legislation to protect the national monument’s name.

Lummis, Barrasso Resurrect Bill To Ban Renaming Devils Tower

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Mark Heinz

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<title>In Brief: Wyoming Game And Fish Director Blasts Feds For Not Delisting Grizzlies | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Game and Fish Director Angi Bruce on Thursday blasted the Biden administration’s decision to not take grizzly bears off the endangered list. She said the feds are undermining the state’s bear management work.

In Brief: Wyoming Game And Fish Director Blasts Feds For Not Delisting Grizzlies

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