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GILLETTE — A bill intended to help new mothers will end up hurting the state in the long run, according to two Campbell County freshman lawmakers.
In this past legislative session, state lawmakers passed a bill extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers from 60 days to one year.
About one-...
The Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council voted Thursday to guarantee the availability of remote public testimony at committee meetings during the interim legislative session.
The decision follows a general session during which chairmen shut out remote testimony before the Senate Education...
Of the more than a dozen bills aimed at providing residential property tax relief, Wyoming lawmakers settled on three: one to expand an existing refund program for low- and middle-income homeowners and two to lay the groundwork for more ambitious future reforms.
Several lawmakers expressed...
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...
CASPER — Wyoming prides itself on having one of the only citizen legislatures in the country — a legislature made up of people who live and work in the communities they govern.
But the expectations for Wyoming lawmakers now are very different than the ones they experienced in the state’s early...
The House chamber in the Wyoming State Capitol during the 2023 general session. (Megan Lee Johnson/WyoFile)
Abnormally high number of bills perished after failing to meet deadlines, leaving lawmakers divided on what that says about the House and its leadership.
CHEYENNE—Monday was an exceptionally deadly day for bills in the Wyoming Legislature.
The fifth week of the general session traditionally...
The Wyoming Constitution grants each legislative chamber the power to write its own rules. Each must do so by close of business on the fifth day of the general session. The 67th Legislature, for example, had been using the rules of the 66th Legislature until Monday.
Under the previous rules —...
CASPER —A bill to restrict some of the secretary of state’s powers is being proposed again after an initial effort to push such legislation following the primary elections floundered.
Laramie Democrat and University of Wyoming law professor Rep. Kenneth Chestek, a freshman lawmaker, is sponsoring...
CASPER —In the wake of school board races mired in controversy over books some call “pornographic,” a freshman lawmaker is pushing a bill to expand the definition of child pornography and reverse obscenity exemptions meant to allow the teaching of sexual health topics.
The sponsor of House Bill 87...
Lawmakers will soon decide the fate of several bills intended to stimulate downtown revitalizations and economic growth in Wyoming.
“Economic development is a long game,” Rep. Trey Sherwood (D-Laramie) said. “It’s a lot of baby steps to get to that bigger impact.” Sherwood, who runs Laramie Main...
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