Barrasso visits Wyoming National Guard in Middle East on Thanksgiving
CASPER (WNE) — The Wyoming National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Forward had a special guest for Thanksgiving dinner. U.S. Sen. John Barrasso traveled out of the country to celebrate Thanksgiving with the first full battalion deployment in…
Barrasso ascends to No. 2 spot in GOP-led Senate
JACKSON (WNE) — Republicans chose Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso for the No. 2 leadership post in the Senate alongside South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who replaces Mitch McConnell as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in…
Deadline for RMP designation is Monday Sept. 23
• Current plan could possibly make 1.8 million acres in SW Wyoming ‘single use.’ U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is encouraging residents throughout southwest Wyoming to make their feelings known about the current Resource Management Plan (RMP) recommendation which could…
Wyoming’s delegation blasts draft Congressional ban on killing wildlife with snowmobiles
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Two of Wyoming’s three Republican representatives in Washington, D.C., quickly decried a bipartisan bill introduced Thursday that would make it a crime to kill wildlife with motor…
Wyoming’s D.C. delegation report
• Hageman and Lummis address postal plans, Barrasso speaks to high prices. Both U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis are encouraging public involvement in the mail programs for Wyoming, While Sen. Barrasso speaks from the…
Barrasso, Hageman decline to debate, opponents frustrated
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Challenging candidates are frustrated after incumbents U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., declined to appear in a primary debate hosted by Wyoming PBS,…
Barrasso Bill to Ban Russian Uranium Imports Signed into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after President Biden signed into law his bipartisan legislation to ban Russian uranium imports into the United States. “Today, we officially ended Russia’s chokehold on America’s uranium supply,”…
Wyoming delegation responds to federal regulations ‘targeting American energy’
• Government leaders warn of effect on jobs and power supply. Wyoming’s U.S. Delegation, the Governor and Lincoln County Commission have responded to U.S. Environmental Protection’s Agency’s proposal to put more restriction on coal power plans across the nation. The…
Barrasso criticizes Biden administration’s new power plant rule
By Jonathan Gallardo Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE — Last week, the Biden administration finalized a rule that compels coal power plants and new natural gas-fired power plants to cut or capture 90% of their climate…
Senators applaud passage of ban on Russian uranium
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., applauded the unanimous passage Tuesday of H.R. 1042, a bill to ban Russian uranium imports into the United States. H.R. 1042 was sponsored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers,…