Rep. Clark Stith
CASPER — The Public Service Commission sat quiet and cliff-faced as Rep. Art Washut shuffled up to the dais and turned on the microphone.
“Does all this angst and concern on behalf of ratepayers carry in a calculus of reasonableness?” the Casper Republican asked. “Does it matter that all of...
Rep. Tony Locke (R-Casper) implores Wyoming Public Service Commission officials to scrutinize a proposed 29.2% rate hike by Rocky Mountain Power on Aug. 24, 2022 in Casper. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
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Rocky Mountain Power’s 29.2% rate increase would be a major blow to the state’s economy and possibly force legislative action, a lawmaker said.
Rocky Mountain Power’s proposal to hike electric utility rates in Wyoming by an average of 29.2%, if approved, would put households and...
ROCK SPRINGS — Sweetwater County residents attended Monday’s Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees meeting and spoke out in support of Sean and Ashley Willey, the couple suing the school district for concealing information regarding the social transition of their child.
As the...
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...
It all started on a Friday in late January with a joke on the floor of the Wyoming House.
Rep. Barry Crago (R-Buffalo), addressing the soon-adjourning body, invited counterparts of the then-fabricated “Wyoming Caucus” out for a 7 p.m. social hour.
Crago, caught up perhaps in poking fun at the...
Gov. Mark Gordon giving his 2023 state of the state address to the 67th Legislature. (Megan Lee Johnson/WyoFile)
Two abortion bills sit on Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk: a near-complete ban and another aimed at banning medication-induced abortions.
As of Tuesday, Gordon said he’s still mulling over both.
“Obviously, one of the most important [considerations] is constitutionality,” he said in a press conference,...
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon issued 21 line-item vetoes to the supplemental budget bill passed by the Wyoming Legislature this general session.
The vetoes — outlined in a letter sent Friday evening to House Speaker Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale — balanced applauding the successes of lawmakers and...
A bill to help counties form and fund EMS districts is heading to Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk for a final signature.
Senate File 43 – EMS districts -- aims to help rural communities secure emergency services, which are struggling to stay solvent amid low reimbursement rates and limited ridership....
CASPER —With social issues at the forefront in the Wyoming Legislature, this session has been a quiet one for the energy sector. But several of the year’s most impactful energy bills have made it through their starting chamber and are only a few votes away from the governor’s desk.
Lawmakers’...
CHEYENNE — The state has a limited array of quick actions it could take to significantly – and for the longer term – reduce what people pay at the gas pump, a new report suggested.
In the works since June, when Mark Gordon established the Governor’s Gas and Diesel Working Group, the panel late...
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