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Judge sides with Game and Fish, limits grizzly-killed stock award
A judge decided Monday to reduce by $205,483 an arbitration panel’s award to a Hot Springs County rancher for cattle lost to grizzly bears. In a letter to attorneys in the case, District Court Judge...
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Wyoming’s infrastructure wishlist
Wyoming, like the rest of the country, has an infrastructure problem. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, nearly 7% of Wyoming’s bridges are structurally deficient. The state’s...
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Wyoming holding course despite lagging vaccination rate
Wyoming’s Covid-19 vaccination rate remains among the lowest in the nation, yet the state has declined to set quantifiable goals, offer incentives or otherwise modify its approach to address the...
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Grassroots and global players: The crowded campaign to oust Cheney
In a Cheyenne strip-mall banquet hall, Scott Presler — a nationally recognized conservative activist and Donald Trump loyalist best known for organizing post-protest community cleanups in liberal...
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Inside the campaign-finance ‘end run’ that earned GOP an FEC fine
The Wyoming Republican Party secretly supported a 2016 Trump campaign “end run” around donation limitations without securing requisite authorization, according to a former official involved in the...
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July special session canceled, federal relief spending to wait
A July special legislative session to allocate more than $500 million in federal aid is off, Gov. Mark Gordon’s office announced Friday, delaying any plans to spend the American Rescue Plan Act support...
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Budget casualties: Mental health and substance abuse services
After 15 years serving adults living with severe mental illness and homelessness, a supervised group home in Campbell County has closed its doors because of state-level budget reductions. The...
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Lawmakers mull major election changes
Wyoming lawmakers are weighing a significant overhaul of the state’s elections. On Monday, members of the Joint Committee on Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions voted to draft bills to...
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Barrasso critique of BLM nominee said to politicize bureaucratic post
Wyoming’s senior U.S. Sen. John Barrasso offered harsh criticism of President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management last week, underscoring what experts describe as an increasing...
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School districts’ uses of federal relief funds worry lawmakers
Some lawmakers are worried that school districts are using federal pandemic-relief and recovery funds to add new positions and purchase equipment that might add to ongoing costs for the state. The...
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Gordon explains ARP fund plans, emphasizes long-term benefits
Wyoming should prioritize long-term goals rather than short-term wants when it comes to handling more than $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, Gov. Mark Gordon told the Legislature’s...
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UW faculty stretched thin after latest budget cuts
The University of Wyoming will enter the 2022 fiscal year with a wide array of new financial constraints after the school’s board of trustees finalized roughly $16.5 million in reduced spending on June...
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Who is the Florida man trying to defeat Liz Cheney?
A Florida resident who has become an odd player in the campaign to replace Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says controversial statements he made in the past, like those related to the QAnon conspiracy theory,...
View ArticleWyo doesn’t mind taxes — provided someone else pays them
About half the revenues into Wyoming’s general fund and budget reserve account come from mineral taxes. Those are paid by someone, just not us. And let’s not forget that if 60 million years ago the...
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Will Wyoming voters be the ones to legalize marijuana?
Thirty years ago, Kemmerer native Madonna Long’s life changed forever. Long, then a senior at Kemmerer High School, was one of 38 passengers in a school bus returning from a ski club trip in Utah. The...
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Is LGBTQ Pride political? Schools struggle with the answer
The final days of the 2020-21 academic year for most Wyoming schools landed in June when, in addition to graduation and other end-of-year celebrations, many Wyoming students celebrated Pride Month. But...
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Biden administration slated to pick new Wyoming judge
Nancy Freudenthal, U.S. District Judge for the District of Wyoming, announced in June she will be assuming senior status, a phase of semi-retirement that will likely bring the judge to the final...
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First-of-its-kind approach to coal reclamation bonding in the works
Wyoming lawmakers are considering a new option for coal mine reclamation bonding that could reduce risk for the state in the event of insolvency. Both environmental and industry advocates have...
View ArticleDon’t be cruel: Wyo can afford to treat mentally ill
The Wyoming Legislature’s confounding cuts to mental health and substance abuse treatment budgets will harm some of the state’s most vulnerable residents — and drive up costs to the state — for years...
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Lack of standards invites politics into Wyo civics classes, critics say
One afternoon this spring, educators around Wyoming logged onto Zoom for a voluntary lesson on 20th Century U.S. history featuring a “live presentation from an esteemed scholar expert.” For the next...
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