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Kevin Mc Carthy and Harriet Hageman 10 3 23

In Historic Vote, Hageman A ‘No’ For Removing House Speaker McCarthy

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman couldn't save Kevin McCarthy’s job Tuesday afternoon as her “no” vote wasn’t enough to stop a historic move to remove McCarthy as U.S. House speaker.

Leo WolfsonOctober 04, 2023

State Lawmaker Says Wyoming Is ‘Raping’ Residents With Property Taxes

State Rep. Bill Allemand didn’t hold back his displeasure with Wyoming’s property tax structure, telling the Joint Revenue Committee on Monday that the state is financially “raping” residents.

Leo WolfsonOctober 04, 2023

In Hindsight, Broken Electric Buses Not The Best Choice For Jackson

A former Teton County commissioner told Fox News that, in hindsight, Wyoming’s richest county should have bought natural gas-powered buses instead of the electric fleet that has recently broken down.

Clair McFarlandOctober 03, 2023

Casper Legislator Blasts Pride Fest Support, Says LGBTQ Families Unnatural

In a Monday statement, state Rep. Jeanette Ward, R-Casper, criticized publicly-funded Enroll Wyoming for supporting Casper Pride Fest and other LGBTQ efforts she said go against the concept of a nuclear family.

Leo WolfsonOctober 03, 2023

Gordon Rejects $5 Million From Biden To Shut Down Oil Wells

Gov. Mark Gordon said Monday he will reject $5 million from President Joe Biden’s administration to shut down certain oil wells in Wyoming.

Leo WolfsonOctober 03, 2023

Judge Allows New Evidence Showing Dept. Of Education Lied About Political Event

A Laramie County District Court Judge ruled Monday that new evidence showing the Wyoming Department of Education lied about spending public money on a political event will be allowed in a public records lawsuit.

Leo WolfsonOctober 03, 2023

UW Is Hosting Both A Drag Show And Riley Gaines This Month

Saying the University of Wyoming is committing to make free expression a guiding principle, it’s preparing to host both a drag show at a Matthew Shepard memorial event, and women's rights activist Riley Gaines in the coming month.

Clair McFarlandOctober 02, 2023

Hageman Wants Congressman Booted From House For Pulling Fire Alarm

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman wants New York Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman censured and expelled from the House for pulling a fire alarm during Saturday’s spending bill negotiations.

Leo WolfsonOctober 02, 2023

Wyoming's congressional delegation Sen. Cynthia Lummis, from left, Rep. Harriet Hageman and Sen. John Barrasso.

Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman Split On Spending Votes To Avoid Shutdown

Wyoming’s congressional delegation was split on a temporary funding measure to avert a federal government shutdown, with U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman against the stopgap bill and Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso voting for it.

Leo WolfsonOctober 02, 2023

Some of the painted rocks that were spread around the University of Wyoming campus near the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house Thursday evening.

Out-Of-State Activists Post Fliers, Chalk Messages Against UW Trans Sorority Member

Activists who placed painted rocks, chalk drawings and fliers around a University of Wyoming sorority house Thursday evening to protest the inclusion of a transgender member were within their free speech rights, the university says.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 29, 2023

Governor Concerned About Horse Deaths At Wyoming Racetracks

Gov. Mark Gordon urged the Wyoming Gaming Commission on Thursday to get to the bottom of what has caused a rash of horse deaths at Wyoming Downs racetrack in Evanston this summer.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 29, 2023

State Rep. Forrest Chadwick, R-Evansville.

By Not Voting Party Line, Converse County GOP Says Lawmaker Goes Against God

The Converse County Republican Party will consider a resolution next month to censure Rep. Forrest Chadwick for not voting enough with the GOP party line and his “blatant disregard to the oath that he made to God.”

Leo WolfsonSeptember 28, 2023

Rep. Bill Allemand says the Biden administration's 30x30 plan to set aside wild lands to fight climate change amounts to "more tyranny and oppression than the colonists were (subjected to) under King George."

Freedom Caucus Says Biden, BLM Policies Attempts At ‘Total Government Control’

Members of the Wyoming Freedom caucus say Biden’s 30x30 plan is the definition of tyranny and is playing out in Wyoming with the BLM’s Rock Springs Resource Management Plan. Together they’re efforts to gain “total government control.”

Leo WolfsonSeptember 27, 2023

Hageman Calls Biden Wire Transfers ‘Simple And Obvious’ Corruption

Rep. Harriet Hageman says Tuesday’s revelation that $260,000 in wire transfers from China to President Joe Biden’s home address in 2019 is an example of “simple and obvious corruption.”

Leo WolfsonSeptember 27, 2023

Large storage pods are being kept behind Y-Tex Corp. in Cody. They contain components for the construction of a proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple.

LDS Church Doesn’t Have To Wait On Court To Start Building Cody Temple

Although opponents of a controversial LDS temple planned for Cody are challenging it in court, there’s nothing stopping the church from building it.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 27, 2023

Part of the fleet of START buses in Jackson are electric.

Jackson Buys 8 Electric Buses For Transit System, But None Are Working

A transit system run by the town of Jackson and Teton County set out to replace its diesel buses with electric, but none of the eight electric buses in its fleet are running, and the company that made them went bankrupt.

September 26, 2023

Firefighters train at the Campbell County Fire Department's training facility in Gillette.

State Fire Advisory Board Says Wyoming Needs At Least 500 More Volunteer Firefighters

Shad Cooper, president of the Wyoming Fire Advisory Board, said Wyoming could use about 500 more firefighters around the state to be fully staffed.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 26, 2023

Lawmakers Crack Down On Helping Kids To Quit Smoking Without Parents Knowing

A legislative committee wants to make it illegal for children ages 12-17 to get health care treatment for tobacco or vaping without consent from parents.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 26, 2023

Hageman Wants Term Limits For Federal Employees

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman wants to limit how long rank-and-file employees can work for the federal government, in essence term-limiting them like elected officials are.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 25, 2023

Groups Claim Misinformation From Secretary Of State’s Office Kept Pot Off Ballot

Two marijuana advocacy groups and the Wyoming Libertarian Party are considering legal action over claims they were misled by the Secretary of State’s office about how many signatures were needed to get marijuana questions on the ballot.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 25, 2023

Fremont County OKs $1.8 Million Payout To Avert Ambulance Strike

Fremont County commissioners agreed Monday morning to increase the county’s annual payout to Frontier Ambulance by about $387,000 a year to about $1.8 million to head off a threatened strike by local Ambulance workers.

Clair McFarlandSeptember 25, 2023

The command center at Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility.

Inside Wyoming's Nuclear Missile Silos: Former Missileers Discuss Life Underground

Since the 1960s, missileers have been pulling shifts underground in silos in Wyoming, prepared to launch nuclear missiles in the event of an attack against the U.S.

September 23, 2023

Lawmakers Scrutinize Teton County’s Government-Sponsored Housing Approach

The Wyoming Legislature’s Regulatory Reduction Task Force on Thursday debated whether it should draft legislation to crack down on government-sponsored affordable housing in Teton County.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 23, 2023

Domestic Violence Claim On Mayor Last Straw For Other Casper Council Members

Allegations former Casper Mayor Bruce Knell assaulted his wife caps off a nine-month term rife with controversy and charged comments that led to other City Council members to “forcefully” urge him to quit, which he did Thursday.

Leo WolfsonSeptember 22, 2023

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