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CODY —A recent effort to bring a pair of cannabis-related measures to the voters of Wyoming on the 2024 ballot has failed, but Park County supporters of the measures are still optimistic about a statewide shift in attitudes surrounding the drug.
“To get almost 50,000 signatures on each of the...
CASPER — President Joe Biden’s approval of an $8 billion oil project in Alaska reflects a shift away from his campaign promises to stop drilling on federal lands. But it aligns more closely with the actions his administration has taken over the last two years — and probably won’t lead to any major...
Weston County will be getting a taste of University of Wyoming life, and a reminder of the school’s presence in the county, next week when UW President Ed Seidel, Department of Economics faculty member Anne Alexander and two students visit Upton and Newcastle to speak with members of those...
GILLETTE (WNE)— The state will now have a board made up of qualified education individuals to authorize new charter schools. Previously, if a school district board did not agree on the creation of a charter school, the decision went on to the state loan and investment board.
Senate File 174,...
CASPER — Two marijuana ballot initiatives have failed after falling short of Wyoming’s county requirements, a marijuana advocacy group announced Thursday.
Wyoming NORML and the Libertarian Party have been collecting signatures for the Wyoming Patient Cannabis Act of 2022 and the Wyoming Cannabis...
BUFFALO — Bitterly cold temperatures, heavy snowfall and strong winds are exacting a heavy price from Wyoming's agricultural producers this winter.
Days before the latest snowstorm pummeled the state, Gov. Mark Gordon announced that his office was preparing to request a disaster designation from...
CHEYENNE — Wyoming LGBTQ+ advocates spent the final hours before a Monday legislative deadline fighting a bill that would bar transgender girls from competing in sports.
They came before the House Appropriations Committee to voice their opposition to Senate File 133, which was re-referred for its...
Ceremonial shovels mark the future location of the Innovation Center coal refinery field demonstration project north of Gillette on Sept. 2, 2022. It will be co-located with Atlas Carbon's facility that produces activated carbon products. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)
This session’s crop of consequential energy bills can largely be sorted into two categories: those aiming to bolster Wyoming’s fossil fuels industry and those erecting cautious sideboards for the expanding renewable energy sector.
Legislation employed mechanisms ranging from mandate to litigation...
CHEYENNE — A bill designed to ban female transgender students from competing in sports narrowly cleared the House Education Committee in a vote Thursday night.
Members voted 5-4 in favor of the “Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Sports” bill introduced by Sen. Wendy Schuler, R-Evanston,...
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon issued 21 line-item vetoes to the supplemental budget bill passed by the Wyoming Legislature this general session.
The vetoes — outlined in a letter sent Friday evening to House Speaker Albert Sommers, R-Pinedale — balanced applauding the successes of lawmakers and...
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