Sen. Lynn Hutchings
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...
Lawmakers plan to take aim at absence of prior approval rules
CASPER — Wyoming is the only state without laws that guide how health insurance companies can approve and deny medical care. Lawmakers on the joint health committee agreed to try to change that Friday.
Members of the Joint Labor, Health...
CHEYENNE — In a records-request fight between two residents and the Wyoming Department of Education, initial documents show the state spent taxpayer dollars on a private anti-sexualization event hosted by the former state superintendent.
Brian Schroeder was appointed as the state superintendent...
CHEYENNE — Stakeholders had the weekend to sit with the final decisions announced Friday by Gov. Mark Gordon on several pieces of legislation passed during the recent general session.
Their reactions were divided, as Wyoming became the first state to ban the use of abortion pills and followed...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday vetoed legislation designed to prevent people from sending misleading absentee ballot request forms, saying late changes to the bill could produce unintended consequences that compromise election integrity.
Since the Legislature is no longer in session, it...
Flanked by lawmakers and stakeholders, Gov. Mark Gordon holds up legislation to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage during a formal ceremony to sign the bill on March 3, 2023. (Maggie Mullen/WyoFile)
When Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage Friday, Sen. Fred Baldwin (R-Kemmerer) shed a few tears — a moment of joy after months of uncertainty.
Addressing the lawmakers and advocates assembled to celebrate House Bill 4 – Medicaid twelve month postpartum coverage...
CHEYENNE — The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday that would extend Medicaid postpartum coverage for mothers for 12 months after a child is born until 2027.
Members of the committee voted 3-1-1 to send House Bill 4 to the Senate floor, and it was re-...
CASPER — Marriage for minors under 16 years of age is a step closer to being banned in Wyoming.
House Bill 7 — which would set the minimum required age for marriage without the consent of a judge at 18 and put sideboards around marriage for 16 and 17 year olds — easily cleared the Senate in a 23...
CHEYENNE — The House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted Wednesday morning to push forward a bill designed to address absentee ballot request form confusion.
Senate File 131 would prohibit a person, except for a county clerk and the secretary of state, from distributing an absentee...
CHEYENNE — A bill that would permanently establish the 988 suicide hotline in Wyoming narrowly cleared the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on Monday.
House Bill 65 was sponsored by the Joint Revenue Committee, and passed through the House after multiple significant debates in...
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