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Citizen lobbyists push for commonsense cannabis reform at the Wyoming Legislature
A dozen or so people braved the elements one snowy day during the 2019 session to support a hemp bill and educate legislators about the benefits of medical cannabis.
Bebout’s tax break for oil companies dies an 11th-hour quiet death
On an absurdly late final night of the 2019 session, Bebout went home before the House and Senate could hash out disagreements over his proposed oil tax break. In Bebout’s absence, the bill sputtered and died.
Farmers, pain patients, and Wyoming’s economy will benefit from our new hemp law
A bill to legalize hemp survived a last-ditch attack from law enforcement lobbyists and a temporary threat to its funding before it passed its final hurdles in the Legislature this week.
Wyoming House rejects Medicaid work requirements
Opponents of the bill agreed that encouraging people to work is a good thing. But threatening to take away their healthcare isn’t the right way to do it.
A message to Wyoming State Senator Lynn Hutchings from PFLAG (VIDEO)
The things we say to children can have deep, lasting, and sometimes harmful impacts. PFLAG – Laramie President Lorinda Lindley calls on Wyoming State Senator Lynn Hutchings to realize this, and to issue an apology to the students she dehumanized.
Abortion reporting bill passes Senate, awaits Gov. Gordon’s signature
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.
Wyoming Senate guts funding from a tax rebate program for elderly and disabled poor folks
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.
Medicaid work requirements bill faces an uncertain future in the Wyoming House
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.
For the fourth time, a bill to ban “crossover voting” in Wyoming primary elections has died. Will it stay dead?
No one should be shocked if the bill, which would ban political party switching at the polls in Wyoming, rises again.
The last anti-choice bill of the 2019 Legislative session advances to the Wyoming Senate
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.
Senate committee de-funds hemp bill, making it useless
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.
Wyoming Senate committee praises “big box” corporate income tax proposal … and then kills it
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.
Medicaid work requirements bill would dis-enroll 1,700 people in Wyoming, leaving hospitals and healthcare consumers to cover their medical costs
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.
Wyoming Senate committee advances hemp and CBD legalization bill
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’ proposal to remove county authority over private schools moves forward
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.