Wyoming Sunrise

Don Day Weather

Daily Darwin

Same Guys Dancing

Daily Cartoon

Daily Smile

One More For The Road

You Still Here

Daily Features

Have a comment on one of our stories or an issue you care about? Submit a Letter to the Editor! Please make sure to include your full name, city, and phone number. Your phone number will not be published. Keep the letter under 500 words, please.

Pexels mariana bobina 7226890

Send a Letter to the Editor

Politics

The email sent to the 60 members of the state Legislature could have been ironic, maybe even a little condescending — coming from a Wisconsin high school senior who claimed his Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics teacher had asked him and his classmates to prove that Wyoming does not exist. 
&#x201C;If you, as a State Assembly Member, could confirm that the State of Wyoming does not exist, this would be extremely helpful in our endeavor,&#x201D; the teenager wrote. 
The wisecracks get old – about <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wyoming">Wyoming not existing on the map</a>, Wyoming having more horse than car parking, Wyoming having a higher population driving along Interstate 80 to exit the state than people who call it home. 
Transcending the impulse to hit the delete key, Rep. Sara Burlingame, D-Cheyenne, turned the question back at the Wisconsinite: &#x201C;How can we know any of us exist?&#x201D; she replied.
&#x201C;In the great state of Wyoming our AP students have been exposed to Plato and his concept of the Great Plane of Being,&#x201D; she continued. &#x201C;I don&#x2019;t mean to cast aspersions on your fine school but I can&#x2019;t assume that you&#x2019;re familiar, as you would be had you attended a school whose state consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally.&#x201D;
Ultimately, the point of Burlingame&#x2019;s four-paragraph argument was that it&#x2019;s impossible for people to prove with certainty that they exist. And if someone were to take the argument to its logical conclusion, the Wisconsin high school student is off the hook for his assignment. 
&#x201C;If none of us really exists, then why does he have to do his homework?&#x201D; Burlingame later said. &#x201C;He doesn&#x2019;t.&#x201D;
Burlingame described the all-too-common feeling of defensiveness of her beloved home, and the angst when other people try to describe it. 
The director of Wyoming Equality, Burlingame has been asked if she&#x2019;s been to &#x201C;Brokeback, Wyoming.&#x201D;
&#x201C;This is probably true about most Wyomingites,&#x201D; she said. &#x201C;I have a little chip on my shoulder about, &#x2018;Don&#x2019;t feel bad about your state, you could be in Wyoming.&#x2019; Or, &#x2018;Is there anything there?&#x2019; What teacher thought this was a good idea for a school kid to be snotty about a small, rural state?&#x201D;
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, chose a reply that was not extremely helpful to the Wisconsin student&#x2019;s endeavor. 
&#x201C;It&#x2019;s actually true,&#x201D; he said. &#x201C;We&#x2019;re a government conspiracy. I&#x2019;m in a bunker outside the D.C. area. Just don&#x2019;t tell anyone.&#x201D;
Zwonitzer then attached <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56uSDQECrRQ">a video from the &#x201C;Garfield&#x201D; cartoon</a>. 
<figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Garfield: It Must Be True!" width="500" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/56uSDQECrRQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div></figure>
&#x201C;There&#x2019;s no such place as Wyoming,&#x201D; the orange cat says, pointing to a map of the state. &#x201C;Think about it: Have you ever met anyone from Wyoming?&#x201D;
Burlingame chose to end her reply on a serious note — with a Wyoming plug. 
&#x201C;PS- You should check out the University of Wyoming – it&#x2019;s a solid school, highly ranked and our constitution mandates that it be as close to free as possible. <a href="https://www.uwyo.edu/">http://www.uwyo.edu</a>.&#x201D;

Devils tower question mark

Cowboy State Daily is Wyoming’s largest newspaper with Wyoming’s most experienced journalists. 

<title>🚧 Wisconsin High Schooler Asks Legislators: “Does Wyoming Exist?” | Cowboy State Daily</title>

An email sent to 60 members of the Wyoming State Legislature came from a Wisconsin high school senior who said his teacher had asked him to prove that Wyoming does not exist. 

Wisconsin High Schooler Asks Legislators: “Does Wyoming Exist?”

Ramirez Avatar

Michael P. Ramirez

Ramirez 4 29 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Branco 4 29 25

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Branco 4 28 25

Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 28, 2025

Ramirez 4 28 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Monday, April 28, 2025

UPDATED RAMIREZZ

Daily Cartoon: Sunday, April 27, 2025

Russo 42725

Daily Cartoon 2: Sunday, April 27, 2025

Russo 4 26 25

Daily Cartoon: Saturday, April 26, 2025

4 26 Al Goodwyn

Daily Cartoon 2: Saturday, April 26, 2025

Stiglich 4 25

Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 25, 2025

Russo 4 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Friday, April 25, 2025

Varvel 4 24 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Branco 4 24 25

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Varvel 4 23 25

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 23, 2025​​

Jon Russo 4 23 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Wednesday, April 23, 2025​​

Goodwyn 4 21

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 22, 2025​​​​

Ramirez 4 21

Daily Cartoon 2: Tuesday, April 22, 2025​​​​

Kelley 4 21 25

Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 21, 2025​​​

Ramirez 4 21 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Monday, April 21, 2025

Russo 4 20 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Sunday, April 20, 2025

Ramirez 4 20 25

Daily Cartoon: Sunday, April 20, 2025

Branco 4 19 25

Daily Cartoon: Saturday, April 19, 2025

Ramirez 4 19 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Saturday, April 19, 2025

4 18 25 ramirez

Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 18, 2025​​​

Goodwyn 4 18 25

Daily Cartoon 2: Friday, April 18, 2025​​​

<title>🚧 Daily Cartoon | Cowboy State Daily</title>