The bill is the only anti-choice proposal to pass through both chambers of the Wyoming Legislature this session. Three others failed.

Abortion reporting bill passes Senate, awaits Gov. Gordon’s signature

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Under the proposed new law, Wyoming doctors who fail to report detailed information about abortions and the women who receive them could face $25,000 fines and the loss of their medical licenses.
The program was funded with $4.2 million in 2016. A new bill asked for $2.3 million to be restored. Instead, it will get $625,000.

Wyoming Senate guts funding from a tax rebate program for elderly and disabled poor folks

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Tens of thousands of people depended on the rebates prior to the Legislature’s ending the program in 2016. An effort to bring it back fizzled. Less than 15 percent of its funding will be restored.
Opponents of the bill worry that it does not take into account people who need ongoing treatment, whose Medicaid could be taken away.

Medicaid work requirements bill faces an uncertain future in the Wyoming House

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The bill squeaked by an initial vote on Friday. But, right now, it lacks enough support to pass its upcoming final vote on Tuesday. Lobbyists and lawmakers are working feverishly to determine its fate.
We know the term "zombie bill" is sort of a cliché by now, but jeez ...

For the fourth time, a bill to ban “crossover voting” in Wyoming primary elections has died. Will it stay dead?

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No one should be shocked if the bill, which would ban political party switching at the polls in Wyoming, rises again.
Trust Wyoming doctors. Trust Wyoming women.

The last anti-choice bill of the 2019 Legislative session advances to the Wyoming Senate

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The bill would impose penalties on doctors who fail to report detailed information about abortions and the women who receive them. The three other anti-choice bills brought this session are dead.
Unless the Senate restores the bill's funding, Wyoming farmers and people hoping to legally use CBD products will be out of luck.

Senate committee de-funds hemp bill, making it useless

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The Senate Appropriations Committee removed necessary funding for the bill that would have made Wyoming’s hemp industry USDA-compliant. Now, the future of a once-promising industry looks bleak.
Sens. Bill Landen, Cale Case, and Wendy Schuler

Wyoming Senate committee praises “big box” corporate income tax proposal … and then kills it

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Three members of the five-person committee spoke positively about the bill. But so much opposition had built up against it in the Senate, the committee chairman decided it wasn’t even worth a vote.
Without Medicaid, people don't stop getting sick. They just go to the emergency room instead of the doctor.

Medicaid work requirements bill would dis-enroll 1,700 people in Wyoming, leaving hospitals and healthcare consumers to cover their medical costs

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The bill would eliminate roughly $11.2 million in annual public healthcare spending, half of which Wyoming currently receives from the federal government. But without Medicaid, sick people seek healthcare from emergency rooms, which is even more expensive.
Hemp farming could be a lucrative industry in Wyoming.

Wyoming Senate committee advances hemp and CBD legalization bill

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Not a single Wyoming lawmaker has, to date, voted against a proposal to legalize and regulate hemp farming and CBD products. But the bill comes with a price tag, which makes its future uncertain as it moves to the notoriously tight-fisted Senate.
Foster Friess likes playing with his new toy.

Foster Friess’ proposal to remove county authority over private schools moves forward

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The billionaire megadonor’s bill faces stiff opposition from the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. The commissioners argue that it would strip local control from all Wyoming counties in the process of helping Friess’ pet project.