Biden administration
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
As the Biden administration continues to roll out proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the Weston County Health Services board of trustees is vigilant in keeping up-to-date on what may yet come and what the potential impacts on the local facilities could be.
On Sept...

An anti-vaccine activist holds a sign at a demonstration outside of a meeting of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Labor, Health and Social Services in Casper. (Photo by Nick Reynolds, WyoFile.com)
Anti-vaxxers commandeer committee meeting to protest mandates
By Nick Reynolds, WyoFile.com
A group of activists that included healthcare workers commandeered a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Committee on Labor, Health and Social Services Thursday to demand legislative action...
Park County GOP official lashes out at legislator in email
By Victoria Eavis
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — A Republican official in Park County told Sen. Tara Nethercott in an email that if he was as “despicable a person as you, I would kill myself.”
Troy Bray, a...
UW readies to comply with Biden mandates despite Gordon’s opposition
By Daniel Bendtsen, WyoFile.com
Just minutes before Gov. Mark Gordon on Wednesday unveiled a “two-pronged plan” to combat a federal mandate for large employers to either vaccinate or regularly test all workers for COVID-19,...
State plots 2-front vaccine mandate fight; Gordon plans legal action, possible special session
By Victoria Eavis
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER – Gov. Mark Gordon is planning to combat President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate through legal action from the state attorney...
Gordon, lawmakers talk about fighting vaccine mandate
By Victoria Eavis
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER —Gov. Mark Gordon is working with Wyoming legislative leaders and the state’s attorney general to explore what options are available to fight back against President Joe...
Officials say oil rebounding, but work with feds needed
By Jonathan Gallardo
Gillette News Record
Via Wyoming News Exchange
GILLETTE — A year after its prices dropped below zero, oil seems to be on the rebound, but a lot of work remains to be done under the Biden administration.
That was the...
Laramie rancher sues over COVID recovery program
By Marissa Taylor
Laramie Boomerang
Via Wyoming News Exchange
LARAMIE — Leisl Carpenter, a sixth-generation rancher and owner of the Flying Heart Ranch in the Big Laramie Valley, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, claiming the...
State joins lawsuit over greenhouse gas ‘social cost’
By Brandon Foster
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — Wyoming joined a 10-state lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration over an executive action seeking to cut greenhouse gases, arguing that one of the president’...
Wyoming elected leaders largely opposed to Biden infrastructure plan
By Tom Coulter
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CHEYENNE – Wyoming’s federal delegates have largely come out in opposition to President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan, even as a few details...
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