
Session recap: How the death of “Wyoming Public Lands Day” illustrates mining’s grip on the Legislature
What should have been an uncontroversial win for public lands advocates became a way for mineral industry-connected lawmakers to demonstrate their supremacy.

Book review: The currents young Wyomingites swim against
In an essay for High Country News, BW director Nate Martin looks at two books that explain why Wyoming can't keep its young talent.

Session recap: Wyoming hasn't seen the last of pipeline protest bills like SF-74
The bill vetoed by Gov. Matt Mead that would have punished protesters like those at Standing Rock with imprisonment and absurd fines was a small part of a much larger fight. It's likely to be back in some form soon.

House upholds Mead’s veto of pipeline protest bill, killing it for good (until next year)
The Legislature needed a two-thirds vote from each chamber to override Mead's veto. The Senate mustered the votes, but the House did not.

House amendments might scuttle a consensus vote on pipeline protest bill
The Senate left the bill much as ALEC wrote it. But amendments in the House to address free speech and landowner concerns imight make it difficult to reconcile the two versions before the 2018 session closes.

Debate continues over controversial pipeline protest bill
The saga of Senate File 74 is not over yet. The controversial…

Wyoming GOP committeeman Charles Curley under fire for allegedly assaulting female colleague
The alleged assault took place after the Laramie County Republican's Lincoln Day Dinner nearly two weeks ago. Despite being widely witnessed and discussed, the GOP has kept quiet about the incident and Curley has refused to resign.

Oil lobbyists force House committee to re-vote on pipeline protest bill
Even in a state where it's common for lawmakers to roll over and beg for the oil and gas industry, this demonstration of submissiveness by Wyoming's "leaders" was deeply disturbing.

Public outcry and dissent from the medical community help kill Boner’s Bill
Boner's Bill to give "nonviable birth certificates" to women who miscarry pregnancies died in the Senate on Tuesday. Lawmakers lost heart after hearing from so many outraged citizens.

Medicaid expansion dies a quiet, shameful death for the fifth year
The Legislature yet again refused to accept hundreds of millions of federal dollars because they would go toward helping poor people get healthcare.

Five-man Senate committee unanimously passes “Boner’s Bill”
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Women who had miscarried pregnancies came out in droves to speak against a bill that would force Wyoming doctors to offer "nonviable birth certificates." But Chairman Charlie Scott shut down discussion so the committeemen could determine what's best.

Senate introduces bill to give birth certificates to miscarried fetuses
The Wyoming State Legislature just can’t resist the urge to…