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Wyoming’s next legislative session will likely see a slate of bills that aim to improve transparency around campaign spending and tighten voter residency requirements.
The Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee considered on Thursday its first crop of election-related...
State’s 2022 report didn’t record all procedures. Here’s why.
CASPER — The Wyoming Department of Health’s 2022 report didn’t capture all abortions in the state. The number of women who received abortions in Wyoming doubled last year to 200, according to the Department of Health’s official 2022...
GILLETTE – The city of Gillette has made a motion to dismiss a Gillette resident’s lawsuit based on the grounds of governmental immunity.
Bruce Williams is suing the city for $24 million for violating his religious rights nearly a hundred times in nine years.
District Judge Stuart S. Healy III is...
CASPER — Katherine Fitch, a University of Wyoming graduate student, was among thousands of people in Wyoming who had applied or were automatically eligible for debt relief under President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.
Fitch, who is getting her master’s in international studies, is...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Friday, Wyoming’s two U.S. senators weighed in with official statements after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program.
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled the...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions on Thursday will not impact the admissions processes at either the University of Wyoming or nearby Colorado State University.
Though the court declared race can no longer be a factor in...
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...
Sen. Affie Ellis (R-Cheyenne) at the 67th Wyoming Legislature's 2023 general session in Cheyenne. (Megan Lee Johnson/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
After SCOTUS rejected challenges to the 1978 law enacted to halt the separation of Indigenous children from their families, traditions and cultures, Wyoming task force considers next steps.
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that preserves a law giving preference to...
Sen. Bob Ide (R-Casper) is pictured during the 2023 legislative session in Cheyenne. (Megan Lee Johnson/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
Republican Sen. Bob Ide of Casper says only the Wyoming Legislature can authorize land sales to the federal government. Legal experts disagree.
A freshman state lawmaker says the federal government must obtain the consent of the Wyoming Legislature to acquire more property — even...
Secretary of State Chuck Gray (Legislative Service Office)
FROM WYOFILE:
State law requires any voter to be a ‘bona fide resident’ of Wyoming to cast a ballot. A legislative proposal would add a 30-day residency requirement
LANDER—Wyoming residents could face a new hurdle when registering to vote if Secretary of State Chuck Gray gets his way.
The...
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