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<title>Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, January 24, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Friday's headlines include:
* Freedom Caucus Slashes $200 Million
* County Sheriffs Worried About Proposed ICE Bill
* Kill A Mouse In Your Truck, Go To Jail For A Full Year

Cowboy State Daily Video News: Friday, January 24, 2025

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<title>Even Sheriffs Who Work With ICE Hate Legislation To Make Them Work With ICE | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming sheriffs who work well with immigration authorities on Thursday torched two bills that would force them to sign federal immigration contracts. They characterized the bills as government overreach and short-sighted.  

Even Sheriffs Who Work With ICE Hate Legislation To Make Them Work With ICE

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<title>Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 24, 2025 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Chance of snow, mostly cloudy in much Wyoming on Friday with wind gusts exceeding 50 mph and winter weather advisories in some areas. Highs in the 20s and 30s and lows from the negative single digits to near 12 above. 

Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, January 24, 2025

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<title>Killing A Mouse In Your Truck Can Get You A Year In Jail In Wyoming | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Wyoming legislator wants to close some loopholes in Wyoming wildlife laws. That includes eliminating one that technically could get someone a year in jail and fined $10,000 for killing a mouse inside a vehicle.

Killing A Mouse In Your Truck Can Get You A Year In Jail In Wyoming

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<title>Former Wyoming Police Chief Accused Of Helping Girlfriend Elude Cops Arrested Again | Cowboy State Daily</title>

The former Manderson, Wyoming, police chief is in trouble again, accused of violating a judge’s order and texting a woman investigators say he helped elude a drug investigation. He bonded out of jail Tuesday.

Former Wyoming Police Chief Accused Of Helping Girlfriend Elude Cops Arrested Again

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<title>Freedom Caucus Chair Blasts Fellow Republican For Leaking Vote Stance Spreadsheet | Cowboy State Daily</title>

State Rep. J.D. Williams says he made a mistake leaking a Moms For Liberty and Honor Wyoming voting stance spreadsheet to Democrats and county commissioners on Thursday. But that’s not enough for the leader of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, who blasted him as “untrustworthy.”

Freedom Caucus Chair Blasts Fellow Republican For Leaking Vote Stance Spreadsheet

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