ERAP funds still available to previous and new applicants
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Housing assistance still is available to previous Emergency Rental Assistance Program applicants and those who never applied. ERAP has set aside $8.6 million for housing stability services available to ERAP recipients and households that have not previously…
Some legislators want Wyoming to ‘phase out’ electric vehicles by 2035
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Wyoming legislators want the Cowboy State to “phase out” the sale of electric vehicles by 2035, the same year the U.S. West Coast plans to ban the sale…
Medicaid postpartum coverage bill moves forward by one vote
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —The future of a bill in the Wyoming Legislature that extends Medicaid coverage for residents up to a full year postpartum was determined by one vote on Friday. Members…
State updates standards to lighten teacher loads
By Cassia Catterall Gillette News Record Via- Wyoming News Exchange GILLETTE —After receiving concerns about ever-growing teacher workloads, the State Board of Education has started to comb through and narrow the number of teaching standards instructors and students deal with…
Legislative leadership stresses civility
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Newly elected Speaker of the House Albert Sommers and Senate President Ogden Driskill have a lot to manage this session with 30 freshman lawmakers and a Legislature that’s…
Cowboys Fall to Hot Shooting Boise State, 85-68
• Pokes have four players in double-figures The Wyoming Cowboys dropped an 85-68 contest to one of the Mountain West’s hottest offensive teams in Boise State on Saturday evening in a late-night contest in the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. It marked…
Governor Gordon Orders Flags Be Flown at Half-Staff Statewide on Sunday, January 15 in Honor of Wyoming EMT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flag be flown at half-staff statewide on Sunday, January 15 in honor and memory of Tyeler Harris, an Emergency Medical Technician from Saratoga. On December 21, Harris…
Bill could maintain Wyoming abortion access
JACKSON (WNE) — Democrats are pushing to repeal Wyoming’s “trigger ban” on abortions. “I think that the trigger ban is unconstitutional,” said Rep. Mike Yin, a Jackson Democrat. “The issue with the whole thing is that it criminalizes providers.” The…
Teens in court following shooting death
By Will Carpenter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Two suspects arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old Cheyenne girl made their first appearance in Laramie County Circuit Court on Wednesday and are being held…
SBE welcomes Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Career and Technical Education (SBCTE) and Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold its next virtual meet at 9 a.m. on January 19, 2023, at which time it will officially welcome newly…