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Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature is looking to help the state learn and recover from a historic 2024 wildfire season. According to the Wyoming State Forestry Division, 2,167 fires burned more than 850,000 acres in 2024. State costs to suppress those fires have totaled more than $56 million, depleting all funds from the state’s Emergency Fire Suppression Account, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security and the governor’s office’s contingency accounts. The Remington Fire and Elk Fire both began in Sheridan County over th... Full story
Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Three proposed bills in the current Wyoming legislative session could gut funding for K-12 public schools by more than $80 million per fiscal year — and that’s not including any additional property tax relief that may be approved. Wyoming Freedom Caucus member and House Appropriations Chair Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette is the sponsor of two bills that would stash more money away into state savings, resulting in a decrease in funds being added to the School Foundation Program (SFP). The SFP funds the state... Full story
Via Wyoming News Exchange DOUGLAS — With no fewer than 23 bills in the Wyoming Legislature that address property tax reform for homeowners, local government leaders are asking lawmakers not to cut their legs out from underneath them in terms of their budgets in the process of seeking tax cuts. Converse County commissioners, Douglas City Council and Douglas School Board members are keeping a wary eye on the slew of bills before the legislature for that very reason. That isn’t to say they oppose property tax relief for residents — quite the o... Full story
Three abortion bills are back in the House so far, with hours spent on public testimony. Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A Jackson lawmaker scoffed at the final abortion bill he heard in the House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee on Friday. Minority Floor Leader Mike Yin, D-Jackson, spent close to four hours last week listening to testimony on three bills sponsored by Wyoming Freedom Caucus lawmakers. Two were back after being vetoed by the governor last year: One would make it more difficult for the sole abortion clinic in W... Full story
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Wyoming’s average gasoline prices unchanged from a week earlier CHEYENNE (WNE) — Average gasoline prices in Wyoming are unchanged in the last week, averaging $2.89 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy. com’s survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 7.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, and stand 27.4 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the lowest price in the state Sunday was $2.47, while the highest was $3.69, a difference of $1.22... Full story
After cutting $70 million from the original bill, senators failed to pass the measure to give lawmakers an independent account to sue the government over environmental regulations. The Wyoming Senate on Tuesday balked at giving lawmakers a $5 million fund to sue the federal government — separately from the executive branch — over environmental policies and regulations. Senate File 41, “Federal acts-legal actions authorized,” failed on third reading on a 14-14 vote with two excused absences and one declared conflict of interest. Senators a day e... Full story
The fiscal plan now goes to the House and the Senate for separate deliberations. CHEYENNE—A legislative panel on Tuesday advanced the state’s supplemental budget, but not before slashing roughly $235 million from Gov. Mark Gordon’s recommendations via cuts to wildfire recovery, energy projects, emergency funds for local governments and reimbursement rates for maternity and mental health care. The cuts were mostly unsurprising. Wyoming Freedom Caucus members and their allies now comprise the majority of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropr... Full story
Wyoming sheriffs said performing ICE functions would have stretched local resources, eroded control. Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A leader in the hard-line Wyoming Freedom Caucus broke a tie vote Friday, killing a bill that would have required sheriffs to enforce federal immigration laws. Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee and formerly served as the head of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, cast the deciding vote, leading the committee to split 4-3 against the bill. He paused before voting no, giving n... Full story
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