Rep. Jeanette Ward
CASPER — Lawmakers on a legislative health panel declined last week to move forward with a draft bill that would have made emergency medical services (EMS) an essential service in Wyoming and seen the state contribute directly to ambulance care for the first time.
The failed proposal to...
SHERIDAN – Sheridan City Councilor Andrew Patceg begins each regular meeting reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, with an addition.
“...With liberty and justice for all — born and unborn,” he says.
Patceg isn’t the first to say those three extra words; he said he first heard it from Wyoming State...
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Freedom Caucus continues to advocate for protection of parental rights in the wake of pending litigation.
Five state representatives who are members of the caucus hosted a virtual town hall meeting Monday night to discuss legislation designed to prevent violations of...
GOP committee nixes push to seek lawmaker’s expulsion
CASPER — The Wyoming Republican Party was united in condemning Laramie Democrat Rep. Karlee Provenza for posting a meme concerning transgender people that was criticized for its violent overtones.
But Republican leaders were split on Saturday...
Eathorne’s victory bucks turnover in county-level parties
CASPER – Wyoming Republican Party Chairman Frank Eathorne won reelection to a third term as the state GOP’s leader on Saturday, snuffing out the possibility that turnover in county parties would translate to changes in state level leadership...
Rep. Karlee Provenza (D-Laramie) at the Wyoming Legislature’s 2023 general session. (Megan Lee Johnson/WyoFile)
Provenza flap is the latest ripple in an ongoing conversation about how lawmakers are expected to behave — on and offline — and how leadership should address misconduct.
Rep. Karlee Provenza (D-Laramie) drew national attention, multiple formal complaints and at least one call for her ouster from...
CASPER — The Wyoming Freedom Caucus announced the launch of its affiliated political action committee — WY Freedom PAC — at the caucus’ first town hall meeting in Casper on Saturday.
The political action committee officially formed April 8, according to records from the Secretary of State’s...
The Wyoming Legislature adjourned the 2023 general session on March 3, but its last orders of business weren’t put to rest until Friday when Gov. Mark Gordon let several bills become law without his signature. That included a near-complete ban on abortion, which divided anti-abortion lawmakers over...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon can count many wins during this year’s legislative session.
The supplemental budget bill aligned closely with what he proposed and also put away roughly $1.4 billion in savings. The Legislature boosted pay for state employees to counteract inflation and invested in the...
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, bringing national attention to the legislative situation in Wyoming.
On Friday, State Freedom Caucus Network...
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