The State Board of Land Commissioners will decide whether to approve selling the 640-acre parcel to Grand Teton National Park for $100 million. That’s after a state agency recommended the sale.
Wyoming lawmakers back voting screen for the public, nix press restrictions
The idea under consideration is to make a public webpage with a rundown of how House and Senate electeds are voting on a bill in real-time.
Wyoming and 22 other states issue legal brief supporting bans on gender-affirming care
The case before the U.S. Supreme Court that Wyoming is supporting will decide the fate of more than a dozen states’ bans on gender-affirming care, including Wyoming’s.
Early voting in Wyoming starts this week
Wyomingites can request mail ballots over the phone, through email, regular mail, online or by visiting your county clerk’s office in person. Contact information and a statement affirming eligibility to vote are required.
State prosecutors could have more power to appeal judges’ decisions under this draft bill
The bill would give the state 11 instances where it could appeal a judge’s ruling to a higher court. Some say the bill could overburden Wyoming’s judicial process and give an unfair advantage to the prosecution.
Absentee ballots for uniformed and overseas Wyomingites go out starting Sept. 20
They’ll have until Election Day to send ballots back to Wyoming county clerks, although mail from overseas can often take longer than a week to make it back to the U.S.
Southern U.S. initiative supporting transgender youth widens to include Wyoming
The Campaign for Southern Equality, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group based in North Carolina, recently announced its Trans Youth Emergency Project would now offer grants in all 25 states that have some kind of gender-affirming care ban.
UW replaces Multicultural Affairs with community resources center following legislative DEI cuts
The change comes after legislative cuts led the school to eliminate many of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. UW claims the changes are meant to respond to those cuts.