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Lawmakers vote to increase legislator pay in 2027
Lawmakers this week advanced a bill to increase legislator salaries for the first time in 17 years. The pay boost would not go into effect until 2027. During a meeting Wednesday, the Subcommittee on...
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Political transparency: Can Wyo parties operate in private?
RIVERTON—Karl Allred made the motion to enter executive session, an unexpected call for public attendees to leave the facility and bide their time outside of the Central Wyoming Regional Airport until...
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Election 2022: What to know about constitutional amendments
Wyoming voters will decide the fate of two constitutional amendments in November’s general election. One proposes to change the retirement age for certain judges, while the other would allow...
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Development, wildlife collide along iconic Wyo migration paths
PINEDALE—Sublette County Commission Chairman Joel Bousman questioned if it was necessary to delve into wildlife issues as the board mulled whether to OK a grocery store-sized medical facility on a...
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Interim secretary of state asks clerks to ditch ballot drop boxes
With early voting already underway in Wyoming and less than a month before the general election, newly-appointed Secretary of State Karl Allred has asked county clerks to consider removing ballot drop...
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Lawmakers take on election reform, appointment process
Amid heightened scrutiny, heated testimony, and key staff resignation announcements, Wyoming lawmakers tackled numerous hot-button election topics Friday, including electronic voting machines,...
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Indigenous incumbent vs. pro-Trump challenger in ‘most diverse district’
In Jim Allen’s view, the Wyoming House of Representatives district he calls home is the most diverse legislative district in all of the Equality State. That home turf — House District 33 — is one that...
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Governor’s task force: No easy fix for pain at the pump
There are no quick or easy ways to protect Wyoming customers from price spikes at the fuel pump, according to a new state report. Trends in regional oil-refining capacity and fuel storage are moving...
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Alert system pursued as Indigenous persons keep going missing
Acknowledgement of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming has created momentum for a new alert system for at-risk missing adults. The tool being pursued, called the Ashanti...
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Vulnerable state coffers see boost for now
The past fiscal year was much more lucrative for Wyoming than financial forecasters predicted. All major state revenue streams exceeded what was estimated in January, according to the October...
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Jackson Hole conflict threatens local control statewide, senator warns
Teton County lawmakers, other officials and environmental watchdogs have accused a state agency of running roughshod over local governance, threatening in the process both local water quality and...
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Unprecedented participation, partisanship define school board races
Once sleepy school board races in Wyoming are no more. School districts across the state are flush with candidates, many of whom are running out of frustration with how the pandemic was handled....
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Deregulated power zones lose legislative energy
Draft legislation to create deregulated “industrial power zones” to attract large electric power-consuming clients such as crypto-currency miners failed to gain support from the Joint Minerals,...
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Violence, restraints, isolation increase at Wyoming Boys’ School
WORLAND—Afternoon, Dec. 10, 2021: A 16-year-old boy flips a desk at a Wyoming Boys’ School staff member. The staffer, Aaron Tadlock, catches the desk, and an earful of yelling. He attempts “to tackle”...
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Funding, staffing shortages beleaguer youth psychiatric facilities
TORRINGTON—St. Joseph’s Children’s Home looks like a typical school. A manicured lawn leads to the orange brick building where children take K-12 courses in math, social studies and science. Inside, a...
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Attorney general faces subpoena in grazing lease conflict
The Legislature’s Joint Agriculture Committee voted Monday to subpoena Attorney General Bridget Hill to testify on her role in a dispute over grazing permits. A ranching family involved in the dispute...
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Lack of oversight, transparency hid Boys’ School struggles
This is part 2 of a WyoFile and Casper Star-Tribune investigation. Read part 1 here —Ed. Michelle McCawley, then a dorm supervisor at the Wyoming Boys’ School, was uneasy about the facility’s 2016...
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Reader question: Why did my ballot say to write in a man?
Why did some ballots in Wyoming’s recent elections tell voters to write in a man? The short answer: They shouldn’t have, thanks to House Bill 136 – Inclusive ballot language. The 2021 legislation...
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Gordon: Half of Wyo’s revenue windfall should go to savings
Thanks to a better-than-expected state revenue picture — especially for coal, oil and natural gas — Wyoming will see an extra $329 million for the current fiscal year and an extra $739 million for the...
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Attorney General Hill escapes conflict of interest questions, subpoena
An effort to subpoena Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill to testify before legislators regarding a perceived conflict of interest in the leasing of state lands appears to have died Thursday. The...
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