Healthcare

EVERY VOTE COUNTS: Bryce Reece vs. Jim Anderson (30 votes)

In a new series, Better Wyoming looks at primary elections from recent years that featured two very different candidates and were decided by just a handful of ballots. In our first post, we look at the 2024 contest between Senator Jim Anderson of Casper and his challenger, Bryce Reece, which was decided by just 30 votes but tilted control of the Wyoming Senate

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SESSION RECAP: Vetoed abortion bill provides a preview for fights to come

With multiple bans already in place but tied up in the courts, the Wyoming Legislature’s attempt to criminalize abortion this year was at once an attempt at a back up plan in the likely event that the state Supreme Court rules in favor of abortion access, and at the same time and admission that the procedure is, in fact, healthcare.

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Wyo. Dept. of Health to face funding challenges during 2024 session

State lawmakers gutted the health agency in 2021 to the tune of $100 million in cuts, but then restored much of the funding using federal pandemic aid dollars. Now, the federal funds are expiring, and legislators will decide whether to backfill the agency’s funding or let the deep cuts return to mental health programs, senior services, provider reimbursement, and more.

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