Key legislative topics: Education, election, gaming, property taxes
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The 68th Wyoming Legislature will convene for a 40-day general session starting Tuesday, and more than 600 bills sponsored by committees and individual lawmakers are expected to…
Gordon joins Republican governors for meeting with Trump
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon joined 21 Republican governors for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Thursday. Gordon and the other governors expressed concern about federal overreach under President Joe Biden and a desire to…
More Wyoming teens joining the workforce
CHEYENNE — More of Wyoming’s teenagers are joining the workforce, with health care and social assistance among their top employment choices, according to Wyoming Department of Workforce Services data. DWS Research and Planning Research Supervisor Michael Moore presented labor statistics…
Report suggests four ways to address state housing shortage
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Last February, the Wyoming Community Development Authority published its statewide housing needs assessment for the state of Wyoming. This report showed Wyoming’s housing development was not on track…
Rules allowing firearms in Capitol adopted by Wyoming officials
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Members of the public may soon be allowed to concealed carry firearms within the Wyoming Capitol and its underground extension after the state’s top five elected officials…
Feds decline delisting of grizzlies
By Zac Taylor Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange The Yellowstone area grizzly will not be delisted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Biden administration, as the service instead announced an alternate proposal Wednesday. Idaho had asked…
Pilot Butte in Freemont County blocked in Congress
By Sarah Elmquist Squires Lander Journal Via Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Last month, dozens of people stood outside U.S. Senator John Barrasso’s Riverton office, chanting and raising signs in protest. “Stop Pilot Butte – save our land,” they cried. …
Wyoming Freedom Caucus outlines agenda for 2025 legislative session
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The 68th Wyoming Legislature is set to be sworn in next week, and both Gov. Mark Gordon and members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus met with the media…
Bill proposes changes to animal cruelty laws, including ‘whacking’ rules and enforcement
By Susan Monaghan Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — A new bill coming through this year’s legislative session would amend the state’s animal cruelty statute to specify that predatory animals must be killed immediately if they’re…
Yellowstone shooter planned act of white nationalist terrorism, officials say
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —- The gunman who opened fire in Yellowstone National Park on July 4 had plans for “Pro White Nationalist Violence” and “a history of expressing white supremacist and…