Bills perish after House adjourns
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — House Democrats and members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus voted to cut off discussion of bills Monday evening, killing “Chloe’s law,” a bill championed by the State Freedom…
Prosecution defends deputies’ drug search
PINEDALE (WNE) — In response to a public defender’s motion that deputies illegally searched the home of Tanner C. Moceika, of LaBarge, before he was charged with felony possession of meth, the state replied the Feb. 20, 2022, warrantless search…
Pressure on speaker grows
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Criticism toward Speaker of the House Albert Sommers for allowing certain bills to stall intensified over the weekend and again on Monday after Rep. Harriet Hageman weighed in,…
Thousands in Wyoming could soon lose their health insurance
By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com Between 10,000 and 15,000 people in Wyoming may lose their Medicaid insurance coverage in the next year, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. Part of the reason is that two federal COVID-19 emergency declarations will…
Avalanche carried Wisconsin snowmobiler into creek where he died
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The 24-year-old Wisconsin man who died Thursday southeast of Smoot was killed by an avalanche that broke loose above him and carried him into a creek below. “His…
Bondurant billionaire buys ‘elite enclave’ up Greys River, eyes land swap
This story provided by the Wyoming News Exchange – By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com The bulk of an exclusive, private resort community surrounded on all sides by the Bridger-Teton National Forest is now owned by TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who…
Desire to save coal plants drives energy legislation
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com This session’s crop of consequential energy bills can largely be sorted into two categories: those aiming to bolster Wyoming’s fossil fuels industry and those erecting cautious sideboards for the expanding renewable energy sector. Legislation employed mechanisms…
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…