Senate Labor Committee pushes forward Medicaid postpartum bill
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday that would extend Medicaid postpartum coverage for mothers for 12 months after a child is…
Bill to provide funding for emergency responder pensions
By Stephen Dow Cody Enterprise Via- Wyoming News Exchange CODY — The first bill from a Park County legislator to successfully pass both the House and Senate this session will allocate millions of dollars to a pension plan for over…
Use of Taser at The Wort leads to complaint
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department has completed an investigation into a complaint it received Jan. 4 from a witness who saw someone being shot with an electroshock weapon at…
More liquor licenses ahead
By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming communities will soon have more liquor licenses to give out. Legislation signed into law recently by Gov.Mark Gordon will remove caps on bar and grill liquor licenses and…
PRB’s 2022 coal output up slightly, slowed by rail issues
By Jake Goodrick Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE —Campbell County had a relatively good year for coal, but it could have been better. The uptick in demand for thermal coal that began about 18 months ago carried…
Avalanche danger ‘high’ as storm dumps snow, wind on Tetons
JACKSON (WNE) — The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center has raised the avalanche hazard to “high” in upper elevations as a winter storm brings heavy winds and snow to Jackson Hole. “Use cautious route finding as natural avalanches are likely in the…
Whopper winter wallops wildlife
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Forced downhill by deep snow, hordes of elk, deer and antelope trying to survive the winter are congregating in highway corridors in southern and western Wyoming. A WyoFile reporter caught images of all three species of…
Abortion bill’s future uncertain in Senate
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —It’s unclear whether the Senate will get to debate the “Life is a Human Right” bill, the most ambitious and sweeping anti-abortion legislation the Wyoming Legislature has seen. Over…
Supplemental budget bill saves state record $1.4B
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — An unprecedented $1.4 billion will be placed into savings by the Wyoming Legislature upon the governor’s final approval of the supplemental budget bill. The 2023-24 supplemental budget was carefully assembled…
Bill seeks liberation for raw dairy and eggs
By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com CHEYENNE—Eight years after passing the Wyoming Food Freedom Act, state lawmakers are still making adjustments to ease sales of home-made goods, raw milk and eggs around the state. Senate File 102 – Food Freedom Act-Amendments —…