Dockstader sponsors parental rights bill
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Wyomingites may see something similar to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law become a reality in Wyoming. Sen. Dan Dockstader, R-Afton, is sponsoring a bill that would bar classroom…
Legislators examine nuclear waste storage
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers made it clear this week they are serious about exploring the possible construction of a nuclear waste storage facility within state borders. Whether it will even be…
Former UW Football player sentenced to six months jail time
By Davis Potter, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange LARAMIE — A judge sentenced former Wyoming football player Carl Granderson to six months in jail Thursday morning in Albany County District Court, rejecting the terms of his plea agreement. During…
Wyoming’s 2017 births were lowest in more than a decade
By Seth Klamann Casper Star Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange There were fewer than 7,000 babies born to Wyoming residents last year, the first time the birth total dropped below that level since 2005, according to the state Department of…
Some Wyoming “exchange” plan premiums jump by more than 70 percent
By Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The premiums for some of the insurance plans on Wyoming’s exchange jumped by more than 70 percent compared to last year, the second sharpest increase in the country, according…
House, Senate at odds over school funding bills
By Arno Rosenfeld Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Legislature appears further away than ever on the question of how to solve Wyoming’s $660 million education deficit after a Senate committee killed the House’s school finance proposal Monday,…