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SESSION RECAP: On public lands, the action took place before the session began
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SESSION RECAP: Lawmakers’ prefabricated ‘think tank’ bills are useless to Wyoming
March 13, 2017 Imagine you’re a state legislator. So it’s up to you to propose laws that will make Wyoming […]
SESSION RECAP: A marijuana reform bill is a terrible thing to waste
There was a time when introducing a marijuana bill in the Wyoming Legislature was a totally futile act. Legalization? Forget […]
SESSION RECAP: Lawmakers opted to tackle 10 percent of Wyoming’s education funding crisis and solve the other 90 percent … sometime later
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Senate Says ‘Welcome Back’ to Nonviolent Felons by Restoring Voter Rights
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Critics say new ENDOW program endows the state with more bureaucracy, waste, and old thinking
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Wyoming Legislature poised to pass first anti-abortion bills since 1989
The Wyoming Legislature hasn’t passed an anti-abortion bill since 1989, when lawmakers decided to require parental consent and a 48-hour […]
Bill to restore nonviolent felons’ voting rights barely survives committee
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Campus carry is dead (while bills to allow guns in government meetings and public schools advance)
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Two anti-abortion bills pass first vote in the Senate; two votes to go
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Senate Judiciary Committee guts marijuana reform bill (but rules for edible THC might finally make the books)
February 22, 2017 People hoping to see state lawmakers meaningfully reduce penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in plant […]
WEA official: Doing nothing on education funding is better than Legislature’s plan
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As committee hands marijuana bill over to police lobbyists, NORML threatens to withdraw support
The director of the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) said late Thursday […]
Senate Judiciary Committee green-lights gun bills for debate on the floor
The Wyoming Senate hasn’t passed a gun-related bill in the past five years—with no shortage of opportunities. This has provided […]
What lawmakers talk about when they talk about cutting public services
Wyoming House members who decided the budget fate of two social services programs last Friday described the process as “painful” […]