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“Actual innocence” expert helps Judiciary Committee see past state lawyer’s preposterous claims

May 3, 2017

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Harassing students is business as usual for longtime bully Bouchard

April 27, 2017

When freshman Sen. Anthony Bouchard (R-Cheyenne) ran the most extreme pro-gun organization in Wyoming, he used mean, juvenile tactics to […]

WORST OF WYOMING 2017 (House): Rep. Cheri Steinmetz

April 25, 2017

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WORST OF WYOMING 2017: Larry Hicks (Senate)

April 24, 2017

There was stiff competition in the Wyoming State Legislature this session for which lawmakers were the absolute worst, in both […]

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

April 22, 2017

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PRESIDENT BEBOUT (Part 3): A good ol’ boy hates reform, even when it saves millions

April 21, 2017

In this multi-part series, Better Wyoming appraises longtime politician Eli Bebout’s first session as Senate President of the Wyoming State […]

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

April 20, 2017

In this multi-part series, Better Wyoming appraises longtime politician Eli Bebout’s first session as Senate President of the Wyoming State […]

PRESIDENT BEBOUT (Part 1): Save the banks, screw the taxpayers

April 20, 2017

In this series, Better Wyoming appraises longtime politician Eli Bebout’s first session as Senate President of the Wyoming State Legislature. […]

BUDGET RECAP (Part 4): Whispers of an Income Tax

April 11, 2017

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

April 10, 2017

Part 1: Healthy Babies Cost Too Much Part 2: Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em It’s not that Wyoming lawmakers […]

BUDGET RECAP (Part 2): Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em

April 9, 2017

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BUDGET RECAP (Part 1): Healthy Babies Cost Too Much

April 8, 2017

The Legislature lumbered through its budget proceedings this session like a sword-wielding drunkard, clumsily slashing whatever was in reach, cowering […]

INTERIM DISPATCH: “Recalibration” committee will have to do more than recalibrate to fix school funding

April 6, 2017

April 6, 2017 “Recalibration.” It was the one-word answer most Republican legislators gave during the recent session when asked how […]

SESSION RECAP: Increasingly conservative Legislature passes first anti-abortion bills in decades, though largely defanged by amendments

March 30, 2017

“Pro-life” Republican lawmakers in Wyoming tried to create two new state laws to put women and doctors in jail if […]

SESSION RECAP: For gay rights in Wyoming, nothing got better, but nothing got worse

March 24, 2017

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