Wyoming House

House candidate goes in for policy talk, not yard signs

Wyoming House candidate challenges Appropriations Committee chairman on mineral taxes, Medicaid expansion.

For the first time in decades the Wyoming Democratic party is fielding a nearly full slate of competitive legislative candidates.

Rep. JoAnn Dayton (D-Rock Springs) helped resolve the crisis of a nursing home closure this spring. She’s a 21-year veteran of the OCI trona mine.

In close vote, Wyoming House backs $1.4 million for unvetted cloud seeding program in four mountain ranges.