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CHEYENNE — Approximately $13 million in public education funding was lost after a 4% property tax increase cap went into effect earlier this year, according to the Wyoming Department of Revenue. The Wyoming Legislature successfully passed four bills during the 2024 budget session that provide targeted property tax relief to property owners. House Bill 4 expanded Gov. Mark Gordon’s property tax relief program, and HB 45 provided the 4% cap. Both of these bills went into effect immediately. The two other bills go into effect at the beginning of t...
CHEYENNE — An election error in Weston County worried some members of the public, who called on elected officials to halt the process of certifying Wyoming’s election results for statewide offices until after there had been a hand recount of votes in all 23 counties. However, members of the State Canvassing Board still unanimously voted to certify the state’s election results on Wednesday. The Canvassing Board is made up of four of the state’s top five elected officials: Chairman Secretary of State Chuck Gray, Gov. Mark Gordon, State Treasurer...
Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Predators Working Group unanimously supported a draft bill Wednesday that would continue to allow residents to intentionally run over predatory animals with snowmobiles but require those who do so to kill the animal immediately. The bill draft was one of two discussed during its latest meeting at the state Capitol. Bill draft 140, “Animal abuse-predatory animals,” classifies intentionally running over predatory animals without using “all reasonable efforts” to kill it immediately as animal ab...
Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Federal regulation around gun laws has prompted some Wyoming lawmakers to work to preserve gun rights for residents at the state level. Three bills were forwarded to the Senate floor by members of the Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands, and Water Resources Committee on Tuesday. These bills would broaden access to gun ownership in the state, with one or two taking a stance against gun law regulation by the federal government. Two years ago, federal lawmakers urged banks to adopt a new merchant c...
Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A bill draft that proposed an acquisition value-based property tax system narrowly failed to advance in the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee on Monday. The proposed legislation divided Wyoming lawmakers and residents over its passage — one side argued the bill draft was a necessary step in providing much-needed property tax relief for homeowners, while others said the unintended consequences of the property tax system did more harm than good. The committee ultimately voted 7-7, which means the bill...
CHEYENNE — Recent filings by lawyers for both Kappa Kappa Gamma and the six University of Wyoming sorority sisters who filed a lawsuit against it disagree over whether a district court order can be appealed. U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson dismissed the sorority sisters’ case without prejudice on Aug. 25, giving them an option to refile it. In the ruling, he said that KKG could admit members in accordance with its own membership policy under the First Amendment’s freedom of expressive association. The judge advised the plaintiffs in a foo...
CHEYENNE — When Gov. John Allen Campbell signed an act granting women’s suffrage in 1869, Wyoming became the first state in the country to give women the right to vote. The room where the act was signed, known as the Historic Supreme Court Room, resides within the Wyoming State Capitol and is open to the public. The state’s historic contribution to women’s suffrage earned the Wyoming State Capitol a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, before it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Only 3% of registe...