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…
Legislative Update: 67th Wyoming session in its final days
◆ From the Desk of Senator Dockstader. The 67th Legislative General Session of the Wyoming Legislature has a few days left. Because we were able to finish the budget in record time, the Senate will be through most of its…
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,…
Legislative Update: Day 33
Yesterday was another very busy day at the Capitol in Cheyenne. Both public galleries and lobbies were pretty much full for most of the day with people watching their legislators debate and vote on the last of the bills left…
Super Seniors Go Out in Style in Final Home Game with an 80-71 Victory Over Nevada
• Maldonado and Thompson record Double-Doubles, Oden scores 28 In what was the last game in the Arena-Auditorium for Hunter Thompson and Hunter Maldonado, the sixth-year seniors left it all out on the floor once again each recording a double-double…
Fertig and Pedersen Sweep Player of the Week Awards Again
Third honor for Fertig and fifth for Pedersen For the second time this season, the Wyoming Cowgirls have swept the Mountain West Player of the Week awards. Allyson Fertig was named the league’s Player of the Week while Malene Pedersen…
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…
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…
Trevor Wilson Tells Us About Upcoming Realignment
Trevor Wilson, the associate commissioner for the Wyoming High School Activities Association called in from his office in Casper to talk to Duke Dance about some scheduling issues weather has brought upon us this winter and classification realignment going into…
$500,000 bond set for New Zealand woman in Kemmerer murder case
Bond was set at $500,000 Friday for a New Zealand woman charged with Second Degree Murder following the stabbing death of a co-worker near Kemmerer. As part of the bond, Monique Sullivan is also required to surrender her passport. Sullivan…