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In 1918 Wyoming knew better than to blame health officers

Opinion

June 30, 2020 by Kerry Drake 5 Comments

Spanish flu survivors took personal responsibility for their neighbors and worked together to fight a pandemic instead of complaining about imaginary abuse of their ‘rights’

Abortion, hog rustling and intolerance: A 2020 session recap

Opinion

March 10, 2020 by Kerry Drake Leave a Comment

As Wyoming’s legislative budget session enters its final days, Drake recalls some of its more exasperating moments.

Tax refund bill offer giant impact for small cost

Opinion

March 3, 2020 by Kerry Drake Leave a Comment

A 41-year-old tax refund program that ended in 2016 could, at $2.5 million, be the margin of survival for state’s neediest.

The Wyoming PSC’s uncomfortable moment in the spotlight

November 19, 2019 by Andrew Graham 2 Comments

With few options to slow coal’s decline, lawmakers turn to a lever that in better days may have been anathema to free-market Republicans: the regulators.