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Wyoming Delegation Pushes For Federal Money For Quick Teton Pass Fix
Wyoming's congressional delegation asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday to approve emergency relief money to repair Teton Pass quickly. An estimated 40% of Teton County’s workforce travels across the pass to get to work.
Leo WolfsonJune 12, 2024
Last School Board Meeting Of School Year In Casper Filled With Sorrow
The last school board meeting of the school year in Casper was not light and upbeat as they usually are this time of year. The two teen murders earlier this year have left Casper and its school community shellshocked.
Dale KillingbeckJune 12, 2024
Wyoming Legislators Want Gordon To Call Special Session To Fight Biden Coal Rule
Sheridan state Rep. Mark Jennings and other legislators want Gov. Mark Gordon to call a special session of the Wyoming Legislature to focus money and efforts into taking legal action against Biden rule to end Powder River Basin coal by 2041.
Leo WolfsonJune 12, 2024
Gillette Man Claims Wyoming Property Tax Petition Collected Illegally
A Gillette resident is accusing organizers of a recently submitted petition for a property tax initiative of illegally collecting signatures at post offices and county courthouses around Wyoming. Secretary of State Chuck Gray says his complaint is bogus.
Leo WolfsonJune 12, 2024
Wyoming-Idaho Commuters Say Teton Pass Detour Is Brutal
Commuters who live in Idaho and work in Jackson report the four-hour — or longer — round-trip detour after Saturday’s collapse of Highway 22 on Teton Pass is brutal.
Renée JeanJune 12, 2024
Chuck Gray Wants To Shut Down Wyoming’s First AI Candidate
Secretary of State Chuck Gray says the campaign of Wyoming’s first artificial intelligent political candidate should be shut down because a computer-generated persona isn’t a qualified elector or registered voter.
Leo WolfsonJune 12, 2024
Wyoming Dems Call Barrasso Anti-Woman For Helping Block So-Called "Contraception Rights Act"
The Wyoming Democratic Party said Sen. John Barrasso is anti-woman for his Monday vote against the so-called Right to Contraception Act. He said the bill would have funneled taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood and created a federal right to oral abortion drugs.
Clair McFarlandJune 11, 2024
Jeanette Ward Blasts School Policy, Says Kindergarten No Place For Sex Lessons
Dissatisfied with a Casper school board meeting Monday, Rep. Jeanette Ward told Cowboy State Daily that she finds it, “very curious and shocking when educators or former educators get angry because they can’t have conversations about sexual orientation with kindergartners.”
Dale KillingbeckJune 11, 2024
Legislators Grill BLM Over Sale Of 300 Acres To PacifiCorp In Southwest Wyoming
Spurred by recent controversy over the BLM's proposed Rock Springs Resource Management plan, Wyoming legislators Monday grilled the agency over the sale of 300 acres of public land in Sweetwater County to PacifiCorp.
Leo WolfsonJune 11, 2024
Meet VIC, Wyoming’s First AI Candidate Running For Cheyenne Mayor
Meet VIC, an artificial intelligence-powered candidate for Cheyenne Mayor that is Wyoming’s first AI-powered political hopeful. The man behind VIC, Victor Miller, says if elected VIC will make all decisions related to the office.
Leo WolfsonJune 10, 2024
Temporary Detour Around ‘Catastrophic’ Teton Pass Failure Will Take Weeks
A temporary detour around the “catastrophic” failure of Highway 22 over Teton Pass is in the works, but will take weeks. In the meantime, the quickest route to get between Jackson and Idaho will take drivers three to four times longer.
Jake NicholsJune 10, 2024
Chuck Gray Joins Supreme Court Fight Over Biden’s Voter Registration Order
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray has joined a U.S. Supreme Court filing fighting President Biden’s get-out-the-vote executive order. He said turning "federal agencies into get-out-the-vote operations is not only unconstitutional; it is outrageously wrong.”
Leo WolfsonJune 10, 2024
Jackson Town Councilwoman Gets Ticket For Parking In Front Of Her Own House
Jackson Town Councilwoman Jessica Sell Chambers learned she didn’t understand Jackson’s complicated parking rules when she got a ticket for parking in front of her own home. The rules prohibit parking the same vehicle within a single block area for more than 72 hours
Renée JeanJune 08, 2024
Rock Springs Airport Says It Didn’t Violate PETA’s Rights By Not Running Giant Cow Ad
The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport’s board on Friday said refusing to let PETA place a giant cow ad in its airport didn't violate the animal rights group’s free speech rights.
Clair McFarlandJune 08, 2024
Former Cheyenne Democrat Takes On Three-Time Incumbent In Republican Primary
Cheyenne resident Thomas Lear was a registered Democrat in Wyoming as recently as February, but now he’s a Republican running against three-time incumbent Clarence Styvar for House District 12.
Leo WolfsonJune 07, 2024
Reid Rasner Tells Hageman To Cease And Desist Her Demand That He Cease And Desist
Long shot U.S. Senate candidate Reid Rasner has responded to Harriet Hageman’s demand he cease and desist using her image on social media by telling her to cease and desist her demands. The Hageman campaign said he's not a serious candidate.
Leo WolfsonJune 06, 2024
Wyoming Tribe Could Get $1.5 Million Because Feds Short-Changed Indian Health Clinics
A legal fight by the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming over short-changing Indian health clinics ended Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court siding with the tribes and saying the law supports the tribe’s claim it’s owed $1.5 million.
Clair McFarlandJune 06, 2024
Move To Wyoming And Then Instantly Run For Legislature Is A Real Trend
Pamela Mertens moved to Wyoming in August 2023 from Florida and now she's running for House District 56. Tom Olmstead is running for Senate District 20 after moving from Colorado three years ago. They aren't anomalies. It's a trend.
Leo WolfsonJune 06, 2024
Chuck Gray Tells County Clerks They Can’t Offer Ballot Drop Boxes, Clerks Disagree
Wyoming county clerks on Wednesday said they don't have to follow Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s directive to quit using ballot boxes, despite Gray saying they're illegal.
Leo WolfsonJune 06, 2024
Campbell County Schools Propose 1-Year Sports Sit-Out For Transfer Students
The Campbell County School District is considering a proposal that would give it the toughest public school transfer policy in the state — a 1-year ban on varsity sports participation for transfer students.
Leo WolfsonJune 05, 2024
Cheyenne House Race A Tale Of Three Very Different Wyoming Republicans
The Wyoming House District 8 race features three very different Republicans: Incumbent Dave Zwonitzer, a Freedom Caucus supporter who calls Zwonitzer a “RINO” and a 22-year-old newcomer to Wyoming who has been here for 18 months.
Leo WolfsonJune 05, 2024
Jackson Council Halts Massive 360,000-Square-Foot Mega Hotel For 120 Days
Mogul Capital’s proposed 360,000-square-foot mega hotel at the north end of Jackson has landed in limbo for at least 120 days after the town council put a moratorium on large development projects.
Renée JeanJune 05, 2024
Wyoming Delegation Says Biden’s Border Order A Desperate ‘Election Year Stunt’
President Joe Biden’s aggressive executive order Tuesday clamping down on the southern U.S. border has angered congress across the board — Democrats and Republicans. Wyoming’s delegation says Biden “panicked” by making an “election year stunt.”
Leo WolfsonJune 04, 2024
Cheyenne Substitute Teacher Says He Was Kicked Out For Not Using Trans Names
A Wyoming substitute teacher says he was barred from working in Laramie County School District No. 1 after refusing to use preferred transgender names of students.
Clair McFarlandJune 04, 2024