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Secretary of State hopefuls vary on compliance with desired office
A WyoFile investigation of the three candidates vying to be Wyoming’s next secretary of state reveals marked differences in professional experience, political backing and even history of compliance...
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Confusion, compliance concerns color campaign finance filings
In the wake of Wyoming’s first campaign-finance filings of 2022, some lawmakers, candidates and elections watchers are raising concerns about accountability, lack of oversight and confusion. In a...
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Here’s who won in Wyoming’s primary elections
Wyoming’s primary elections turned out a record number of registered voters Tuesday, but few surprises. U.S. Representative Liz Cheney was defeated by Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman, as...
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Primaries set most of Legislature, general will decide balance of power
When the 67th Wyoming Legislature convenes in January, more than one-third of the House of Representatives will be brand new. The Senate will have five new members, two of which came from the House....
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State board certifies Wyoming’s primary elections results
Despite some unexpected hurdles, including a polling-place power outage and flooding, the 2022 primary election was one of the most successful in Wyoming’s history, according to Secretary of State Ed...
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Lawmakers seek to restrict secretary of state’s authority
Wyoming lawmakers are considering removing election-related duties from the office of secretary of state. The Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions committee passed a motion during...
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Sec. of State Buchanan expected to depart soon, appointment likely
UPDATE: This story was edited to include a comment from Secretary of State Ed Buchanan. Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan will leave office before the end of his term. Buchanan’s departure will...
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Grey Bull aims to be first Wyo Dem in Congress in 44 years
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK—Lynnette Grey Bull spent the last Thursday afternoon of August psyching up climate change activists who’d flocked to Jackson Lake Lodge to encourage the Federal Reserve to...
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With Indian Child Welfare Act at risk, Wyoming lawmakers mull action
Fearing the state could be caught flat-footed by an impending U.S. Supreme Court decision, Wyoming lawmakers are considering enshrining certain aspects of tribal sovereignty into state law. The...
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Record number of independents running for Legislature
Seven independents, seven Libertarians and three Constitution Party candidates will be on the ballot for the Legislature in November’s general election — the highest number of minor-party and...
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Movement to ‘re-Indigenize’ Yellowstone gains steam
OLD FAITHFUL—Tom Wadsworth read straight from the 154-year-old treaty that displaced his ancestors from their land as he made a case that Shoshone and Bannock tribal members should be allowed to hunt,...
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Elections official files complaint against conservative PAC
Campbell County’s chief elections officer has filed a complaint against Coal Country Conservatives Political Action Committee, calling on the Federal Elections Commission and the Wyoming secretary of...
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Lawmakers reject bill to criminalize drug use while pregnant
The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee will not sponsor legislation to make some kinds of drug use while pregnant a felony. The bill was modeled after failed legislation from the 2022...
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GOP calls for secretary of state applicants
The Wyoming Republican Party is seeking applicants to fill a three-month-long vacancy in the secretary of state’s office following the resignation of Ed Buchanan last week. The general election will...
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Lawmakers mull property tax relief
Wyoming lawmakers are considering several ways to ease the burden of soaring property taxes on residents. The Joint Revenue Committee moved forward with five proposals during its meeting last week in...
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Wyoming lawyers, judges slam Hageman’s ‘rigged election’ stance
A group of prominent Wyoming attorneys and retired judges called on congressional candidate Harriet Hageman to stop spreading misinformation about the 2020 election in a Sept. 12 letter. “We want you...
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Wyoming GOP picks three nominees for interim secretary of state
The Wyoming Republican Party selected three nominees for interim secretary of state at its central committee meeting Saturday in Pavillion — Karl Allred, Marti Halverson and Bryan Miller. Gov. Mark...
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State Bar declined to investigate complaint against Hageman
The Wyoming State Bar declined to initiate a disciplinary investigation into Harriet Hageman, a natural resources attorney, in July after another lawyer filed a grievance against the congressional...
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Employee exodus hits state agencies
Roughly a quarter of Wyoming’s executive branch agency employees left their jobs between July 2021 and June 2022, according to a new report by the Department of Administration and Information. That...
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Utility: Wyoming’s carbon-capture mandate too costly
Increased federal tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act will help lower the cost of applying carbon capture technology to coal-fired power plants, according to Black Hills Corporation, but not...
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