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<title>Halfway Point: New Conservative Majority vs Old Guard Minority In 2025 Legislative Session | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The 2025 Wyoming legislative session will reach its halfway mark on Thursday. The session looks and feels distinctly different from years’ past, with a majority made of Freedom Caucus Republicans, wielding power in the House for the first time.

Halfway Point: New Conservative Majority vs Old Guard Minority In 2025 Legislative Session

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<title>Hunters Say Proposal To Take Away Hunting, Fishing Privileges For Trespass Is Draconian   | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A proposal to ban people from hunting and fishing anywhere in the country if they get caught trespassing in Wyoming goes overboard, some outdoorsmen said. Others say, the current law is too weak and stiffer penalties are needed.

Hunters Say Proposal To Take Away Hunting, Fishing Privileges For Trespass Is Draconian  

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Clair McFarland

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<title>Governor, AG Say Judge Misapplied Law When Striking Down Abortion Bans | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office argued this week that a judge misapplied the law when she struck down two abortion bans in November. The AG claims in a filing that the judge leaned on an abortion-friendly doctors' testimony when proclaiming abortion "health care."

Governor, AG Say Judge Misapplied Law When Striking Down Abortion Bans

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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper-Area Solar Farm Killed After Dozens Of Residents Speak Out Against It | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Natrona County commissioners on Tuesday voted 3-2 against a 2,000-acre solar farm proposal on private ranch land 30 miles west of Casper. Dozens of area residents spoke out against it during a 7 1/2 hour meeting that ended around midnight.

Casper-Area Solar Farm Killed After Dozens Of Residents Speak Out Against It

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<title>Degenfelder Hopes Trump Will Eliminate U.S. Dept Of Education | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Superintendent Of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that she hopes President Trump eliminates the U.S. Dept of Education. States should determine their own rules for federal funding, she said.

Degenfelder Hopes Trump Will Eliminate U.S. Dept Of Education

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Renée Jean

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<title>Wyoming License Plates Would Be Mailed, Not Redone Every 8 Years Under Proposal | Cowboy State Daily</title>

State legislators are considering a bill that would not require a redesign of license plates every eight years. That means you can keep your plates until they wear out. Also, people would get them via mail, not their county treasurers.

Wyoming License Plates Would Be Mailed, Not Redone Every 8 Years Under Proposal

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