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A series of bills focused on public health are moving through the Wyoming...
(<i>Public Domain</i><br/><br/>)This year’s Legislature is considering several bills related to public health.HB 96 would prohibit discrimination based on COVID-19 face...
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Wyoming unemployment ticked up to 3.5% in December but still below national rate
(Wyoming Department of Workforce Services)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted...
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Advocates are worried about child development funding in supplemental budget
(Richard Steih / Flickr)The Joint Appropriations Committee of the Wyoming Legislature turned down a request for more funding for centers that support kids with disabilities, after Gov. Mark Gordon...
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Lawmakers advance a bill to rescue the UW Lab School
(Melodie Edwards / Wyoming Public Media)A bill making its way through the Wyoming Legislature seeks to save the University of Wyoming (UW) Lab School, after UW and the Albany County School Board failed...
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Yellowstone bison transfer between tribal nations in Montana and Canada is a...
Fort Peck Buffalo Manager Robbie Magnan receives a gift and shakes hands with Mosquito First Nation Chief Tanya Stone.(Chamois Anderson)Yellowstone bison made a historic journey this past week.For the...
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Wyoming lawmakers wants to take over large swaths of federal land
Grand Teton National Park is one of the western recreation spots proposing fee increases. (Wehardy / Flickr Creative Commons)The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected Utah’s lawsuit to claim public...
View ArticleAtoms for Peace #462: Frank A. Barrett Papers
The Second World War ushered in an era of atomic warfare. But some wondered, could the power of the atom be harnessed for peaceful purposes?President Dwight D. Eisenhower argued so in a speech...
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‘Make carbon dioxide great again’ bill appears to be dead, along with carbon...
(Kamila Kudelska / Wyoming Public Media)Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect that HB 209 never received a committee vote. It’s scheduled for further consideration on Feb 5.Two bills...
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A wind and solar ban fails to move forward after public outcry
(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media )An effort to ban new large wind or solar projects in Wyoming has failed amid large public pushback.Sen. Larry Hicks (R-Baggs) pitched the ban to fellow lawmakers on...
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Mountain West agencies scramble to serve refugees amid funding halt
A file photo of a refugee from Myanmar, working to pay his gas bill at his home in Greeley, Colo. In the first week of the second Trump Administration, refugee admissions were halted and funding for...
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A Wyoming State Parks Shoshone District Interpretive Ranger has been given a national award. County10 reports Angelina Stancampiano received the Distinguished Front-Line Interpreter Award. Awardees...
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Wyoming Public Radio Black History Month specials
Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity( Image by: Photograph by Ted Russell/Getty Images)Wyoming Public Radio Black History Month specialsFriday, February 7 at 3...
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Bill to protect and preserve pictographs and petroglyphs advances to the House
(Hannah Habermann / Wyoming Public Media)People who vandalize petroglyphs, pictographs and historical inscriptions would be fined under a bill recently passed by the Wyoming Senate.SF 91 also sets...
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Carbon capture repeal is resurrected and moves forward in the legislature
(Caitlin Tan / Wyoming Public Media )A bill to repeal Wyoming’s carbon capture laws passed out of a House committee, despite public comment on it ending with no vote last week.Last Friday, the House...
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Infant Explorer #463 Blanche Schroer Papers
Idaho Historical Society Reference Series brochure on the life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Box 2, Blanche M. Schroer papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Jean Baptiste Charbonneau...
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A new Heart Mountain Interpretive Center employee has been checking off her Wyoming bucket list. The Powell Tribune reports Haruka Takaku came to the center from Japan. One of her first goals was to...
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Are veteran lawmakers educating or filibustering?
Rep. Tom Kelly (R-Sheridan) talks with WyoFile reporter Andrew Graham in the House lobby.(Jordan Uplinger / Wyoming Public Media)When representatives in the 68th Wyoming Legislature sat at their desks...
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Bill outlining Wyoming’s anthrax detection response passes out of committee
( Ana Castro)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.A bill outlining Wyoming’s response to an anthrax outbreak...
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Bill that would impact rooftop solar fees fails in Wyoming Senate
( Creative Energies Solar)This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.A controversial rooftop solar bill is dead.SF...
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