Although some have complained about Mark Gordon’s non-confrontational style, the governor says he’s not swayed by state or national criticism. He says his record is enough.
In a guest column, Gov. Mark Gordon writes, “I am pleased to report several noteworthy achievements that benefit our citizens and our state.”
Gov. Mark Gordon signed a letter written by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, to fight back against ESG, which is sometimes called ‘woke capitalism.’ The letter says ESG is “a direct threat” to the American economy and way of life.
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During the Wyoming House Appropriations Committee meeting on Tuesday, legislators debated whether it’s appropriate to let Governor Gordon, rather than the Wyoming Legislature, set the terms of tribal hunting agreements.
Gov Mark Gordon joined his GOP colleagues on Monday by demanding President Biden end his COVID emergency. “It’s time we move on from the pandemic and get back to life as normal,” they wrote.
The largest of Gordon’s new government projects includes $15 million for Wyoming Community Development to address unmet housing needs throughout the state.
Just hours after incoming Sec of State Chuck Gray announced he was banning TikTok from his office, Gov. Mark Gordon banned use of the video sharing app on all state-owned devices.
The Governor and First Lady of Wyoming have added two new family members to the household. Charlie and Coco Chanel are nine-week old chocolate Labs and, as of press time, have not destroyed anything in the Governor’s Mansion.
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Gov. Mark Gordon has won the Republican nomination for reelection in Wyoming.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is popular among Wyoming voters. In fact, he’s tied for being the most popular governor in the nation, according to a recent national poll.
A Republican gubernatorial candidate forum featuring Gov. Mark Gordon, Rex Rammell and Brent Bien brought some division in Casper Wednesday night over Gordon’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov Mark Gordon on Friday ordered flags to fly at half-staff through Monday evening as a result of the death of a Wyoming Marine Seth Rasmuson who was killed on Wednesday.
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In a guest column, Gov Mark Gordon writes: “There should be absolutely no reason for blind dependency on China and Russia when we have the resources and capabilities to mine both critical minerals and uranium on American and Wyoming soil…”
A spokesman for Gov Gordon said the Wyoming attorney general’s office was not asked to join 17 states in lawsuit to support banning sanctuary cities but “it’s possible” Wyoming would join if asked.
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A new property tax refund program that was created by legislation signed into law in March will provide relief to some Wyoming taxpayers, according to Gov. Mark Gordon.
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Gov Mark Gordon told Cowboy State Daily that his toughest challenge as governor so far was helping the state navigate the problems posed by COVID-19.
Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday said he will offer support to the southern border “while the Biden administration sits idly by and fails to take action on this crisis.”
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In joining 19 other states in a lawsuit challenging the immigration policies of President Biden, Gov. Gordon said, “Their continued failure to fulfill the constitutional duty and secure our border impacts all Americans.”
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon applauded a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that reinstates a Trump-era clean water rule.
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In an interview with Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon said he is seeking a second term to build-on the initiatives he launched in his first term.
Wyoming needs a domestic source of uranium to supply a proposed nuclear reactor near Kemmerer, Gov. Mark Gordon said Monday.
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Gordon said Wyoming was one of seven states not to issue a ‘stay-at-home’ order and that was the right decision. “I’m very proud we stood up for people’s liberties,” he said.
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Gov. Mark Gordon announced Monday that he has begun the process to end Wyoming’s COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.
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In his state of the state address, Gordon described his budget as “well planned, transparent and forward-looking” to keep state government operating within the state’s means.
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The Secretary of Defense told Gov. Mark Gordon that despite objections, the Air and Army National Guard members in Wyoming will have to be vaccinated against COVID.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is asking a federal court to allow him to follow Wyoming law and proceed with the appointment of a new superintendent of public instruction.
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Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the endangered species list.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon’s released a video on Thursday of the governor reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
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Wyoming has joined a coalition of other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision allowing a federal vaccine mandate for companies employing more than 100 people to take effect.
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Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday unveiled his proposals for the use of the first round $500 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding.
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Gov. Mark Gordon has been ranked as the nation’s fifth most popular governor in a recent poll conducted by the Morning Consult.
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Gov. Mark Gordon announced that he would be allocating $27 million in federal funds to cover the first year of the newly launched Wyoming Innovation Partnership.
Gov. Mark Gordon is welcoming news that a federal agency is suspending enforcement of President Joe Biden’s proposed Covid vaccination mandate.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is proposing a two-year budget for Wyoming that will reduce state spending by about $500 million while setting aside money for future financial woes, he announced Monday.
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Gov. Mark Gordon signed the one bill that made it through the recent Wyoming Legislature special session that pushes back against the federal vaccine mandate.
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Gordon said the state will file a lawsuit as soon as the rules to put Biden’s mandate in place are issued, a move expected Friday.
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Gov. Gordon, in welcoming the Legislature to the State Capitol, said federal vaccine mandates are offensive to Wyoming citizens and must be addressed.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is continuing to prepare a legal challenge against President Joe Biden’s proposed vaccine mandate.
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Gorgon said Border Patrol agents told the group of governors that cartels have been taking advantage of federal policies and dominate the drug and human trafficking markets.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Natrona County from sunrise to sunset on Monday, October 4, 2021 in honor and memory of Casper Police Lt. Dan Dundas.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is activating the Wyoming National Guard to temporarily assist with local hospitals due to a high number of COVID patients.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday said he was confident the grizzly bear would be delisted and Wyoming would regain management of the animal.
Gov. Mark Gordon said his son wrestled against a brother of one of the 8 UW cross country students killed by a drunk driver on September 16, 2001.
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Gov. Mark Gordon will speak at the Memory of the 8 event in Gillette this week, honoring eight University of Wyoming students who were killed in a car crash 20 years ago.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is preparing for both legislative and legal action to block the vaccination mandate issued last week by President Joe Biden, he announced Wednesday.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is allocating $30 million in federal funds to provide staffing relief and support for current health care staff and to secure traveling medical staff.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said the . Department of the Interior is dragging its feet in complying with a federal court ruling for it to resume mineral leasing on federal lands.
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Gov. Mark Gordon’s administration called Wyoming’s vaccination rate “disappointing” following the news that the state had the lowest rate of unvaccinated adults in the nation.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon told Cowboy State Daily that he will “strongly oppose” any federal vaccine mandate.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced on Tuesday that he will join the Wyoming Veterans Commission on behalf of the Wyoming Military Department and other state and local agencies to hold a wreath-laying ceremony on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Gov. Mark Gordon “has no interest” in accepting Afghan refugees into Wyoming, his spokesman told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
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No new requirements for the use of facemasks will be coming from the office of Gov. Mark Gordon despite the recent spike in active coronavirus cases, he said Monday.
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Despite growing active coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across the state, Gov. Mark Gordon won’t shut down the state again, he told the Lincoln County Republican Party this week.
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Gov. Mark Gordon will not issue another statewide mask mandate and won’t require Wyoming school districts to implement one, either, his office announced this week.
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President Joe Biden has appointed Gov. Mark Gordon to a bipartisan Council of Governors, the governor’s office announced on Thursday.
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If Wyoming’s governor is thinking about sending troops to help with the crisis on the U.S. – Mexico border, he’s not announcing it publicly.
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Gordon and Buchanan reached out to the National Rifle Association to convince them to relocate to Wyoming.
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Gov. Mark Gordon has broken the framework of spending federal coronavirus-related funds into two categories: survive and drive.
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A move to reverse federal water rules put in place by former President Donald Trump is being criticized by Gov. Mark Gordon.
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Gordon said the issue of whether Washington can use its laws to block trade by Wyoming must be settled regardless of the status of the terminal.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon outlined how his administration intends to use the $1 billion in federal funds allocated to the state.
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Wyoming public health orders including masks in schools and capacity limits for indoor events will be extended until the end of May.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday announced that Wyoming will end its participation in federal supplemental unemployment benefits in order to address workforce shortages being felt throughout the state.
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Wyoming’s top elected officials are offering no support for U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as she fights to retain her U.S. House leadership position.
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and 19 other Republican governors sent a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to secure the southern border and stem the influx of migrants illegally entering the country.
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Wyoming’s public services will all suffer with the halt in energy development on public lands, Gov. Mark Gordon told a congressional committee Tuesday.
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A bill designed in part to give the governor more oversight over public health orders may have been prepared and approved too quickly after the worst of the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Mark Gordon said.
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Wyoming is joining nine other states in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Biden administration from considering the “social cost” of greenhouse gas emissions in making decisions on federal policies and rules.
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Gordon said Wyoming will lose millions of dollars as a result of BLM’s decision to cancel another round of oil and gas lease sales on federal lands.
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On Wednesday, Gov. Mark Gordon signed legislation that officially launched the federal emergency rental assistance program in Wyoming.
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Wyoming Gov Mark Gordon said the State of Wyoming will not participate in relocation or housing efforts of illegal immigrants or unaccompanied minors.
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Gov. Mark Gordon called President Joe Biden’s oil and gas moratorium unnecessary and discriminatory to the people of Wyoming in a recent letter.
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The state of emergency declared for Wyoming last year because of the coronavirus pandemic needs to continue to allow the state to take advantage of certain federal programs related to the illness, according to a spokesman for Gov. Mark Gordon.
According to state estimates, the state’s schools will face a funding shortfall of about $300 million a year.
In response to President Biden’s executive orders on firearms, Gov Mark Gordon said Wyoming will resist any attempts to weaken Second Amendment rights.
Wyoming is likely to receive more than $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds later this year, Gov. Mark Gordon’s office announced this week.
A bill allowing the University of Wyoming to develop its own water system without regulation by the city of Laramie is a poor solution to the ongoing dispute between the university and the city, according to Gov. Mark Gordon.
Limits on the amount the state spends to rent office space proposed by the Legislature are unnecessary because the state has already committed to reducing that cost, Gov. Mark Gordon said.
The state of Wyoming filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal land issued by President Joe Biden earlier this year.
Gov. Mark Gordon joined other governors in writing a letter of support to Congress on the Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions Act.
Colorado Gov. Jarid Polis has declared Saturday to be a “no-meat” holiday while Wyoming Gov Mark Gordon has declared Saturday to be a “eat-more-meat” holiday.
Wyoming has joined a multi-state lawsuit in an attempt to block President Joe Biden’s ban of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Three days after a major snowstorm hit southeast Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon has declared a state of emergency on Wednesday.
Gordon said state offices in Cheyenne would again be closed on Tuesday due to record-breaking snowfall in Cheyenne, nearly 31 inches.
Governor Mark Gordon has convened an emergency response team to mitigate impacts and seek solutions to the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in Wyoming.
Maintaining the state’s quality of education is the most important issue facing the Legislature during its general session, Gov. Mark Gordon said Tuesday.
Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday announced that many of Wyoming’s statewide public health orders would be relaxed on March 1, although the statewide mask mandate will continue until at least March 15.
Gov. Mark Gordon has led a coalition of 17 Republican governors in urging President Joe Biden to withdraw the executive order banning new oil and gas development on federal lands.
Wyoming Gov Mark Gordon said: “The degenerates who committed this act should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for their faceless cowardice and reprehensible behavior.”
Gov. Mark Gordon signed an executive order which suspends regulations on driving hours for drivers who are delivering propane.
