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Energy bills keep Wyoming blundering down the path of economic schizophrenia and ecological destruction

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    Right-to-life advocates pack a House hearing on proposed abortion laws, as a committee passes three on to the floor

    February 1, 2017 Pro-choice advocates say a package of abortion-related bills is a blatant attempt to make it more difficult for women in Wyoming to...


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    As committee hands marijuana bill over to police lobbyists, NORML threatens to withdraw support

    The director of the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) said late Thursday that any changes made in...


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    President Bebout (Part 2): Leading the fight to not fix education funding

    In this multi-part series, Better Wyoming appraises longtime politician Eli Bebout’s first session as Senate President of the Wyoming State Legislature. Click here to read...

Wyoming lawmakers look to pass a new tax by claiming it’s not a new tax

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    House panel chooses to keep Wyoming’s working poor in poverty

    The Wyoming State Legislature’s House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee could have voted to raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 an hour Friday,...


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    Critics say new ENDOW program endows the state with more bureaucracy, waste, and old thinking

    March 2, 2017 Just in the nick of time to save our economy, state lawmakers have provided Wyoming a brand spanking new acronym: ENDOW. It...


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    BUDGET RECAP (Part 3): Lawmakers do pass taxes (as long as they’re not taxes)

    Part 1: Healthy Babies Cost Too Much Part 2: Smoke 'Em if You Got 'Em It’s not that Wyoming lawmakers don’t understand that the state...

Old losers die hard: Lawmakers regurgitate failed bills to avoid doing real work

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    “People ask what are the consequences of cannabis. The consequence is that a person is alive”: House cuts sentence for marijuana, but won’t budge on medical use

    Before today, no bill reducing penalties for even small amounts of marijuana had ever passed a chamber of the Wyoming Legislature. That barrier was shattered Friday...


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    Senate Judiciary Committee guts marijuana reform bill (but rules for edible THC might finally make the books)

    February 22, 2017 People hoping to see state lawmakers meaningfully reduce penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in plant form were hosed Wednesday by...


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    PRESIDENT BEBOUT (Part 4): A failed champion of public land transfer

    In this multi-part series, Better Wyoming appraises longtime politician Eli Bebout’s first session as Senate President of the Wyoming State Legislature. Read the first three...

“Every non-mineral job is a further drain on our limited revenues”: David Miller’s mind-boggling economic vision

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    Energy bills keep Wyoming blundering down the path of economic schizophrenia and ecological destruction

    January 19, 2017 It’s a coal industry executive’s wet dream: At the same time some state lawmakers want to tax the wind energy industry out...


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    WEA official: Doing nothing on education funding is better than Legislature’s plan

    February 21, 2017 Warning of a “disastrous effect” on K-12 funding, a Wyoming Education Association official Tuesday said the Legislature would be better off doing...


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    SESSION RECAP: On public lands, the action took place before the session began

    March 21, 2017 Better Wyoming didn’t report on public lands issues this legislative session, not because we don’t care about public lands—in fact, they’re among...

“A year has gone by, and things have not gotten better”: Mead urges action in the face of budget crisis

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    In the face of intense public outcry, anti-LGBT bill’s sponsors pull it from consideration, citing the need for “more discussion”

    January 26, 2017 What could have become the worst “religious freedom” law in the nation was suddenly withdrawn by its sponsors Thursday afternoon, to the...


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    Senate Agriculture Committee members chastise citizen opponents of anti-abortion bills

    Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee who support two anti-abortion bills made their biases clear during public comment period before passing both proposals with 4...


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    Wyoming Legislature poised to pass first anti-abortion bills since 1989

    The Wyoming Legislature hasn’t passed an anti-abortion bill since 1989, when lawmakers decided to require parental consent and a 48-hour waiting period for minors. Each...

New Senate President Eli Bebout offers old ideas to address state’s budget problem

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    Old losers die hard: Lawmakers regurgitate failed bills to avoid doing real work

    January 13, 2017 Four bills that have failed in past sessions—two on guns, two on abortion—have once again been filed in the Wyoming House by...


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    Senate Judiciary Committee green-lights gun bills for debate on the floor

    The Wyoming Senate hasn’t passed a gun-related bill in the past five years—with no shortage of opportunities. This has provided a sense of optimism for...


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    SESSION RECAP: A marijuana reform bill is a terrible thing to waste

    There was a time when introducing a marijuana bill in the Wyoming Legislature was a totally futile act. Legalization? Forget it. Ditto decriminalization and medical...

An Interview with Jackie Freeze, a Candidate for HD-48

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An Interview with Debbie Bovee, a Candidate for HD-36

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An Interview with Sergio Maldonado, a Candidate for HD-33

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An Interview with Rep. Charles Pelkey (HD-45)

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An Interview with DeBari Martinez, A Candidate for HD-15

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An Interview with Sen. Floyd Esquibel, SD-8

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