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Renée Jean

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<title>Drinking Wyoming: Absinthe, Spirit Of Murder And Madness, Is Back In Wyoming | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Absinthe was illegal for nearly a century, branded by the wine industry as a spirit of murder and madness. But it’s making a comeback, and a handful of Wyoming venues serve this once-forbidden liquor.

Drinking Wyoming: Absinthe, Spirit Of Murder And Madness, Is Back In Wyoming

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Tom Lubnau

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<title>Tom Lubnau: Short-Sighted Bills Have Us Barreling Toward A Wyoming Income Tax | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Tom Lubnau writes, "The Legislature is looking at 'backfilling' property tax cuts with state savings and funds from taxpayers. The reason it's 'backfilling' is because some lawmakers do not want to bear the consequences of their decisions."
 

Tom Lubnau: Short-Sighted Bills Have Us Barreling Toward A Wyoming Income Tax

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Wyoming Towns Used To Have Their Own Money, Which Is Now Worth Big Bucks | Cowboy State Daily</title>

For 70 years, National Banks in Wyoming could have their own money printed, complete with their names and towns on it. Now these $10 and $20 bills are still legal tender, and worth big bucks to collectors.

Wyoming Towns Used To Have Their Own Money, Which Is Now Worth Big Bucks

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Leo Wolfson

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<title>Wyoming State Jets Logged 162,000 Miles On 780 Flights In 2024 | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Wyoming’s two jets were busy in 2024, making 780 flights shuttling 2,460 passengers around the state and nation. Combined, they traveled nearly 162,000 miles around Wyoming and as far away as Virginia and California.

Wyoming State Jets Logged 162,000 Miles On 780 Flights In 2024

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Mark Heinz

Crime & Courts

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<title>Big Horn ATF Raid Eerily Similar To "Clown Show" In 2002, Former Sheriff Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A former Sublette County Sheriff says an ATF raid on a couple in Big Horn, Wyoming, mirrors a 2002 incident in his county. He says his office was misled by the federal agency and calls the response a “clown show.”

Big Horn ATF Raid Eerily Similar To "Clown Show" In 2002, Former Sheriff Says

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Wendy Corr

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<title>The Roundup: A Conversation With Jessica Lippincott | Cowboy State Daily</title>

This week, host Wendy Corr has a conversation with Jessica Lippincott. The Casper native's childhood was tumultuous, but her world was really turned upside down in 2017, when she found out she was one of 50 half-siblings. Tune in to hear her fascinating story!

The Roundup: A Conversation With Jessica Lippincott

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Robert "Bob" Allen Douglas, 87