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A tale of two taxes
Voters in Campbell and Johnson Counties weighed in last week on an issue that has long divided voters in Wyoming: whether to tax themselves for government services. For the third time in Campbell...
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School official: Some kids ‘absolutely’ will contract COVID-19
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to include information about a new masking policy at Albany County School District #1. Students, parents and educators preparing for another year of in-person...
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Officials face growing pressure to audit Wyo elections
Wyoming officials are facing mounting pressure to audit the 2020 election from pro-Trump activists asserting, without evidence, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the former president...
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Lawmakers to weigh film subsidy program
Wyoming lawmakers will pursue a film subsidy program in the upcoming legislative session. The move follows several years of industry pressure. The Joint Committee on Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and...
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PacifiCorp holds course to exit Wyoming coal
Wyoming’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power, will decommission its entire coal-fired power fleet in the state by 2039 while continuing to add wind, solar and battery storage to its six-state...
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Shrinking communities brace for budget impacts
It’s not so quiet in Mills anymore. The industrialized Casper suburb, home to just 2,500 people 20 years ago, now boasts a population of more than 4,000. A 17% population spike since the last census...
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Afghanistan becomes flashpoint in race to oust Liz Cheney
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) has an extensive foreign policy record. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Cheney is among a small group of lawmakers with outsized influence on the...
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Bighorn Forest plan for weeds, sagebrush sparks battle
This story was updated Sept. 7, 2021, to include links to the comment documents obtained by WyoFile. Conservationists are criticizing a plan by the Bighorn National Forest to use aerial spraying to...
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Lawmakers advance runoff election legislation
Wyoming lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday to shift the state’s elections to a runoff system. Conservative activists favor runoffs as a way to avoid the type of vote-splitting they believe has...
View ArticleIllegal political robocalls rankle Wyoming voters
In the wee hours of Aug. 30, phones across Wyoming began ringing. State residents reported as many as five calls coming in from roughly midnight through 3:30 a.m., all automated and all seeking the...
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Lawmakers mull adding judges to alleviate court backlog ‘crisis’
Wyoming may expand its district court system to address case backlogs and staffing shortages in several counties around the state. If approved by the full Legislature this winter, Natrona, Campbell...
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Balow cites student’s notes in backing anti-critical-race bill
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow is backing proposed legislation to deter public schools from teaching aspects of critical race theory, citing one student’s notes as evidence...
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Hate-crime bills fail, again
Wyoming lawmakers defeated two proposed bills intended to combat bias-motivated crime Tuesday, likely eliminating any chance for similar legislation to advance in the upcoming budget session. Members...
View ArticleGordon: Wyoming will petition feds for grizzly delisting
Wyoming will petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to return management of the grizzly bear, now protected by the federal Endangered Species Act, to the state, Gov. Mark Gordon said Thursday....
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Anti-vaxxers commandeer committee meeting to protest mandates
A group of activists that included healthcare workers commandeered a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Committee on Labor, Health and Social Services Thursday to demand legislative action...
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Afghanistan becomes flashpoint in race to oust Liz Cheney
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) has an extensive foreign policy record. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Cheney is among a small group of lawmakers with outsized influence on the...
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Bighorn Forest plan for weeds, sagebrush sparks battle
This story was updated Sept. 7, 2021, to include links to the comment documents obtained by WyoFile. Conservationists are criticizing a plan by the Bighorn National Forest to use aerial spraying to...
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Lawmakers advance runoff election legislation
Wyoming lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday to shift the state’s elections to a runoff system. Conservative activists favor runoffs as a way to avoid the type of vote-splitting they believe has...
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Illegal political robocalls rankle Wyoming voters
In the wee hours of Aug. 30, phones across Wyoming began ringing. State residents reported as many as five calls coming in from roughly midnight through 3:30 a.m., all automated and all seeking the...
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Lawmakers mull adding judges to alleviate court backlog ‘crisis’
Wyoming may expand its district court system to address case backlogs and staffing shortages in several counties around the state. If approved by the full Legislature this winter, Natrona, Campbell...
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