Hageman backs bill tossing 3.6 million acre Rock Springs land management plan
By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A bill introduced Monday in Congress and co-sponsored by Harriet Hageman would replace Biden-era land management guidelines for 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming…
Lummis, Hageman introduce yet another grizzly bear bill
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — With a new presidential administration in office, Wyoming’s Washington delegation is advancing new legislation to delist the Yellowstone area grizzly bear population. Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis,…
New WYO Text Line improves access to mental health care for Wyoming residents
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Cathedral Home in Laramie recently launched a statewide text line giving all Wyoming residents free, 24/7 text-based mental health support and crisis intervention. The WYO Text Line, which is operated in partnership with Cathedral Home…
Wild horse program: A ‘pipeline to slaughter’?
By Austin Beck-Doss Lander Journal Via- Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Recent estimates suggest that 7,000- plus wild horses roam Wyoming’s vast rangeland. Galloping freely across a fenceless horizon, these horses are beloved as a symbol of the West. …
Wyoming slashes taxes for coal, sets up a CO2 fund to boost oil and gas
Coal producers will pocket $10 million annually, while producers of carbon dioxide sold for oil production will dip into a new $10 million fund. By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com It was a good legislative session for fossil fuel producers…
Legislative session comes to an end: what passed, what didn’t
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — It’s a wrap for the Wyoming Legislature, the first one with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus in control of the state’s House of Representatives, as both legislative chambers…
Gordon signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act measure into law
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming joined 28 other states in passing its own state-level Religious Freedom Restoration Act after Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 207 on Thursday. After Congress…
Bill prohibiting torture of wildlife signed by Gordon
• Second bill still allows for predator ‘whacking’ with snow machines By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed several bills into law Monday, including a bill that came in response…
Legislature overrides governor’s veto of ‘invasive’ abortion ultrasound mandate
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Wyoming Senate set the override of Gov. Mark Gordon’s veto of House Bill 64 into stone on Wednesday. The new law will require women to have…
Wyoming House rejects backfill for local governments
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Just a few weeks after voting to support backfilling local municipalities in the supplemental budget if property tax cuts were passed, the Wyoming House of Representatives on…