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Gordon Signs Bill To Give Money For Private Schools, But Cuts Income Threshold
Gov. Mark Gordon made a significant cut to a bill giving state money to parents who want to send their kids to private schools or to homeschool in Wyoming, but still signed it Thursday.
Leo WolfsonMarch 22, 2024
Gordon Vetoes Property Tax Relief Bill, Calls It âSocialisticâ and âBidenomicâ
Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed a property tax relief bill Thursday that would have exempted 25% of assessed home value off Wyoming homes worth $2 million or less, calling it âa socialistic type of wealth transfer.â He signed three other property tax bills.
Leo WolfsonMarch 22, 2024
Chuck Gray OKâd Casper Gravel Pit Last Year, But Now Tells Locals He Opposes It
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray told a crowd of Casper Mountain area residents Thursday he stands with them in their opposition to a gravel pit plan, but wouldnât answer questions about why he voted to approve it last year.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 22, 2024
University of Wyoming Wonât Cut Diversity Program Despite Legislature Defunding It
Despite the Wyoming Legislature stripping funding for the University of Wyomingâs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program, the university wonât cut it, President Ed Seidel told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday. He said the university could use its own money or private money to keep it going.
Leo WolfsonMarch 22, 2024
Riverton Cuts Ties With Chamber Of Commerce Over Bungled Money
The Riverton City Council voted Tuesday to strip the Riverton Chamber of Commerce of its duty to distribute lodging tax money after the chamber reportedly overdrew its bank account by thousands of dollars.Â
Clair McFarlandMarch 21, 2024
Barrasso And Lummis Slam New Biden Administration EV Mandate
Sens. Barrasso and Lummis blasted a new Biden EV rule announced Wednesday that says gas-powered cars can make up no more than 30% of U.S. auto sales by 2032. They both vowed to overturn the mandate to protect consumer choice.
Leo WolfsonMarch 21, 2024
Affie Ellis, Wyoming's First Native Woman Legislator, Won't Run For Reelection
Affie Ellis, a Cheyenne Republican and first Native American woman elected to the Wyoming Legislature, has announced she won't run for reelection in the fall.
Leo WolfsonMarch 21, 2024
Itâs Not A Conspiracy to Hide Wrecks, Those WYDOT Webcams Really Are Broken
Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed to learn that the Wyoming Department of Transportation doesnât routinely shut off highway webcams when thereâs a wreck. Dozens of them really are broken.
Leo WolfsonMarch 20, 2024
Natrona County Sympathetic With Locals Opposed To Casper Mountain Gravel Pit
Locals opposed to a proposed gravel pit at the base of Casper Mountain again packed the Natrona County Commissionâs meeting room Tuesday as officials said theyâre sympathetic to their concerns.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 20, 2024
Natrona County OKs Funds To Bury Years Of Unclaimed Cremated Remains
The Natrona County Coronerâs office on Tuesday okayed $15,000 to bury the cremated remains of 22 unclaimed people. The remains had been sitting on a shelf in the coroner's office for years.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 20, 2024
Wyoming House Majority Whip Cyrus Western Wonât Run For Reelection
House Majority Whip state Rep. Cyrus Western, a Republican from Big Horn, confirmed to Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that he wonât be running for reelection this fall.
Leo WolfsonMarch 20, 2024
Wyoming Delegation Applaud Ruling Allowing Texas To Arrest, Deport Illegals
Wyomingâs congressional delegation applauded a Tuesday U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow Texas broad discretion to arrest and deport migrants illegally crossing the border.
Leo WolfsonMarch 19, 2024
Hundreds Protest, Testify Against So-Called âAssault Weapons Banâ In Colorado
With the so-called âassault weapons banâ bill before the Colorado Legislature, hundreds of gun rights supporters protested at state Capitol in Denver on Tuesday. One of the organizers was Dudley Brown, a Gillette native and president of the National Association for Gun Rights.
Mark HeinzMarch 19, 2024
US Supreme Court To Consider Wyoming Election Buffer Zone Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear a Wyoming First Amendment challenge to the stateâs buffer zones restricting campaigning around polling places. If the high court hears the case, it could impact elections nationwide.
Leo WolfsonMarch 19, 2024
RFK Team In Wyoming, Needs 3,500 More Signatures To Get Him On The Ballot
Independent third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs campaign is crossing Wyoming this week, gathering signatures to get him on the stateâs presidential ballot.
Clair McFarlandMarch 19, 2024
Wyoming Clerk Says Gray's Office Doing Little To Promote Crossover Voting Change
For the first time this year, Wyoming primary voters canât crossover vote. They have to decide party affiliation months earlier, by May 15. But a county clerk says Chuck Grayâs office is doing little to let people know about the change.
Leo WolfsonMarch 19, 2024
Gordon Vetoes Bill To Deregulate Mining Over Casper Gravel Pit Amendments
Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed a bill Monday that would have deregulated some mining operations on state lands. He said the bill was hijacked by amendments aimed at solving a Casper gravel pit proposal.
Leo WolfsonMarch 19, 2024
Legislative Watchdog Gary Brown To Challenge Cheyenne Incumbent Bill Henderson
Cheyenne resident Gary Brown says his state representative, Bill Henderson, snubbed him and doesnât vote with the Republican Party line enough, so heâs running for Hendersonâs House District 41 seat.
Leo WolfsonMarch 18, 2024
Casper Airport Evacuated Over Something Awful In Bathroom
A custodian became ill and was sent to the hospital due to a possible toxic substance in the bathroom of the Casper airport on Monday morning. Authorities were so concerned over the substance in the bathroom that the airport terminal was evacuated.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 18, 2024
Sublette Is Fastest Growing County In Wyoming, Crook County Next
A new report from the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division shows Sublette and Crook counties are the fastest growing counties in the state while Carbon and Platte counties saw the largest decreases.
Leo WolfsonMarch 16, 2024
State Sen. Schuler Says She's âHad Itâ With Mean, Divisive Politics In Legislature
Sen. Wendy Schuler, a fifth-generation Wyomingite, said sheâs concerned with how many new residents of Wyoming are running for office. She said many of these people havenât made an effort to understand Wyoming culture or beliefs.
Leo WolfsonMarch 16, 2024
Gordon Vetoes Bill That Carved Out $75 Million To Fight Feds
Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday vetoed a bill that would have carved out $75 million for Wyoming to fight federal overreach, including the BLMâs controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan. He said the bill was a "clear attempt to cross, blur and trample the line of separation" between the branches of government.
Leo WolfsonMarch 15, 2024
Sheridan Joins Running For $10M Wyoming Shooting Complex
Competition for which Wyoming community will be the site of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar shooting complex just got more intense with Sheridan joining the running with eight others.
Mark HeinzMarch 15, 2024
Gordon Signs Bill Allowing Power Companies To Charge For Carbon Capture Retrofits
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday that will allow utilities to charge customers for the costs to make carbon capture retrofits to power plants. The bill had encountered resistance from the Freedom Caucus, which is opposed to the concept of carbon capture.
Pat MaioMarch 15, 2024