Retiring sheriff’s letter details mental health crises in jails
People in mental health crises spend months in county jails because Wyoming’s resources are strained. The long running problem is not restricted to adult offenders.
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Wapiti LGBTQ couple report being accosted, told to leave
A group of neighbors arrived on her porch with a message: “Our kind was not welcome here and we needed to leave Cody Country,” Colin Monahan says.
Liberal Ginsburg backed a Wyo ranch owner who sued the feds
The late Supreme Court justice wanted a Hot Springs County rancher’s suit over alleged government harassment to go to trial. She lost, but penned a dissent that bears a review.
A bitter brew: Barrasso, Senate GOP push to confirm Barrett
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by 21 Comments Don’t tell Sen. Barrasso he’s hypocritical for not allowing Obama to name a new justice but vowing to confirm Trump’s pick — he’ll cite phony ‘Biden Rule.’
Juvenile justice cuts could increase youth detentions, costs
Wyoming has one of the highest juvenile incarceration rates in the nation, and state budget cuts are likely to make that problem worse, local experts say
