Lawmakers weighing study of public lands transfer in 2021
Members of the legislature’s ag committee want to examine the transfer of federal lands to Wyoming’s hands.
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West Wyo a grouse stronghold in grim report of decline
Despite ‘slight growth’ in part of Wyoming, an exhaustive research paper carries warnings as it proposes standard methods to monitor greater sage grouse populations.
As police reform hits national stage, Wyo lawmakers kill two measures
A progressive lawmaker from Laramie introduced two police reform bills amid a national conversation about police accountability. She said the national debate has further politicized the issue. Critics say the bills weren’t ready.
In the 2021 Legislature, major fights have mostly fizzled out
As session wraps up this week, many of the fights over contentious issues like guns, abortion and education have fizzled out.
Bill to reduce Dem participation on Management Council nears passage
Republicans are close to finalizing an effort to reduce minority party influence on the board that sets the Legislature’s agenda.
How the Wyoming Senate killed Medicaid expansion, again
Facing enormous political pressure, and failing to agree on verifiable facts, the Wyoming Legislature declined to close the Medicaid gap in Wyoming, which advocates have pushed for years.
The Drake’s Take
Lawmakers waste chance to make suicide prevention gains
Opinion
By 3 CommentsWyoming students need to learn all the tools they can to help at-risk peers, writes Drake. Despite that, the Legislature killed a school-training measure.
Madden’s Measure
How COVID spending affects our fiscal health
Opinion
By Leave a CommentThere is no fool-proof mechanism for determining if and when a fiscal crisis will occur. But all else being equal, Madden writes, the larger a government's debt, the greater the risk.
Dodson’s Doctrine
Carbon capture and the SCALE Act? Don’t hold your breath.
Opinion
By 4 CommentsCongressional act won’t bring any short-term fixes to Wyoming’s coal communities, Dodson writes.
Op-eds
Elk feedground bill won’t hamper Game and Fish power
Opinion
By 4 CommentsFormer Game and Fish Commissioner and Wyo AG Pat Crank writes that the recent bill regarding feedground closure won’t limit the authority of the Game and Fish.
Lawsuits against climate action don’t represent this Wyo citizen
Opinion
By 11 CommentsThe spate of legal actions Wyoming has launched to protect fossil fuel interests, writes Don Jones, doesn’t reflect the values of its citizens, but instead aims to protect the interests of a few.
Photo Friday
Falcons and the tower
As peregrine falcons begin nesting season, Devils Tower temporarily closes several climbing routes.
Arts & Culture
The artist shaping society
Luzene Hill and Heidi Brandow have produced work that reveals shared social and ethical concerns articulated through strikingly different materials, metaphors, and sensibilities.
In Case You Missed It
With help of federal relief, legislature finds budget consensus
Federal dollars have bailed Wyoming out of its biggest budget issues, for now.
Republicans accuse Wyoming GOP of election fraud
The fight for control of Wyoming’s majority party has been ramping up for years. WyoFile examines the latest skirmishes.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Stanton heralds Park Service preservation of civil-rights sites
During a time of reckoning, the first Black National Park Service chief, who started his career in Wyoming, lauds park units that preserve historic American racial struggles.