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Text these Laramie County Representatives TODAY! (video)
Read this post and/or watch the video and take action for fair representation in Southside Cheyenne. Legislators’ contact info is […]
Grassroots pushback prompts Wyo. lawmakers to think twice about splitting Southside Cheyenne’s vote
An amendment to the “redistricting” bill in the Wyoming House on Wednesday would have been a major setback for voting rights advocates for Southside Cheyenne. But Laramie County lawmakers responding to their constituents vowed to bring a fix on Thursday.
We, The Government, are Wasteful, Fraudulent, and Abusive: Therefore we must GROW government and increase Waste, Fraud, and Abuse!
In a guest editorial, Wyoming’s premiere legislators lay out their rationale behind Senate File 50, which would create a new branch of government to help inform on people accused of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Proposed election map would force 16 Wyo. legislators into runoffs
Sitting legislators often fight to ensure “redistricting” does not pit them against their colleagues in upcoming elections. But the current election district map that looks headed for the 2022 session will force 16 lawmakers to run against each other if they want to stay in the Legislature. We’ll see who comes forth to ask for squiggly lines to be drawn around their homes to protect their seats.
Medicaid expansion has momentum as the Wyo Legislature’s 2022 session approaches
Advocates for healthcare access have built a grassroots movement to convince lawmakers to finally expand the state’s program. But procedural hurdles during the “budget session” remain.
New proposed Wyoming voting map gerrymanders Albany and Laramie Counties
As “redistricting” proceeds, Wyoming lawmakers have adopted a new draft map that gives outsized influence to rural lawmakers, decreases the number of viable Democratic seats in Albany County, and zig-zags around the homes of some Laramie County legislators in an embarrassing display of gerrymandering.
Gordon’s proposed budget will keep Wyoming shackled to the fossil fuel industries
State tax revenue has recovered from last year’s bust, and Wyoming is receiving substantial federal pandemic funds. But instead of investing in education, infrastructure, and healthcare—things Wyoming residents need right now and that could help develop our economy in the long term—Gov. Gordon wants to pad the state’s savings account and prop up coal.
Cheyenne is a gerrymandered mess
Lawmakers have drawn voting district lines in Laramie County so that a large bloc of Democrat-leaning neighborhoods are split between five House districts, resulting in an all-GOP Cheyenne delegation. There is also racial gerrymandering splitting the Latino vote.
The Wyo Legislature’s “emergency” session to fight vaccines is political theater at its worst
The special session starting Tuesday in response to new federal COVID-19 directives gives politicians the chance to bluster and beat their chests. But it does little to help normal Wyomingites, even as the state faces multiple crises that have nothing to do with vaccines.
Ten FACTS about Wyoming’s Medicaid coverage gap
1. Tens of thousands of people in Wyoming don’t have health insurance. They earn too much to get “traditional” Medicaid, […]
County clerks: The puppetmasters of Wyoming redistricting
A key part of redrawing Wyoming’s voting districts is determining where “communities of interest” exist. No one plays a bigger role in that process than your local county clerk.
What Mike Enzi’s death says about Wyoming’s healthcare system
The medical treatment the former U.S. Senator received after his recent accident starkly contrasts the Wyoming healthcare system most of us are stuck with—counties that can’t afford ambulances, hospitals that can’t treat patients, and people for whom a trip to the ER means massive medical debt.
Why Susan Gore might go to prison
The Wyoming Liberty Group founder described allegations that she funded an elaborate spy operation as a “nothingburger.” But that burger might come with a side of prison time if it turns out she’s guilty of serious election crimes. Now that one of the project’s masterminds has been located in Wyoming and subpoenaed, more light might come to the case for investigators.
Wyo. lawmakers bend over backwards to support male-dominated industries. Those that employ women? Not so much.
With one hand, Wyoming lawmakers throw support behind the declining coal, oil, and gas industries, providing public investment and political support. With the other hand, they gut sectors where women work like healthcare, education, and retail. No wonder we have the nation’s worst gender wage gap.
Redistricting is a boring, bonkers, sometimes corrupt process in Wyoming you need to know about
Every 10 years the Wyoming Legislature redraws the voting map that determines which lawmakers represent which people. On its face, “redistricting” is dull. But it’s a critically important process that often invites creativity—as well as creativity’s relatives, corruption and abuse.