Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
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JACKSON — Since 2001 the town of Jackson and the Wyoming Legislature have returned again and again to debate ordinances and laws prohibiting discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Still, neither has been able to put a law into place. In 2014 the town did approve a nondiscrimination resolution, becoming the first community in Wyoming to do so. But unlike an ordinance, a resolution is merely a formal expression of an elected body’s opinion, not an enforceable law. So Mayor Pete Muldoon proposed that the resolution be elevated to an ord...
CHEYENNE — As the nation considers its gun policies the Wyoming Legislature has taken a stance. Having heard the debates around the country, a bill to allow concealed firearms in places of worship might be considered controversial. Not in Wyoming. On Tuesday night the Wyoming House of Representatives approved the Concealed Weapons in Places of Worship Bill on third reading by an overwhelming 56-2 vote with two abstentions. The only two nay votes came from Rep. Mike Gierau and Rep. Andy Schwartz, both Democrats from Jackson. “I voted aga...
JACKSON - State Senator and Alta native Leland Christensen announced Friday that he will run for Wyoming Secretary of State this year. The former Teton County sheriff's deputy and county commissioner has spent the past eight years in the state Senate, where he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee for the past three years. His decision to run was largely a result of current Secretary of State Ed Murray announcing he will not run for re-election amid sexual assault allegations. On Friday, Murray...