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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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<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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<title>Wild Winds Up To 90 MPH Blow Over At Least 9 Semis On Wyoming Highways | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Tuesday’s wild winds across Wyoming gusted to nearly 90 mph in some spots, closing some stretches of I-25 and I-80. But not everyone observed the closures, because at least nine semis were blown over, WYDOT reports, the most in at least two decades.

Wild Winds Up To 90 MPH Blow Over At Least 9 Semis On Wyoming Highways

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<title>Barrasso Promises Weekend Sessions If Dems Keep Holding Up Trump Cabinet Picks | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, on Wednesday called Democrat efforts to hold up Trumps Cabinet picks “Shameful.” He promised to keep senators there through the weekend if they don’t move quickly to confirm.

Barrasso Promises Weekend Sessions If Dems Keep Holding Up Trump Cabinet Picks

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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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