Morning Update

THE FUTURE OF A CASPER NONPROFIT BUSINESS THAT HELPS THE NEEDY IS IN QUESTION. The budget bill pending in the state Legislature would require more lawmaker oversight of the University of Wyoming.

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THE MAJORITY OF CASPER CITY COUNCIL IS IN FAVOR OF EITHER REPEALING OR REWRITING THE CITY’S RECENTLY ESTABLISHED PUBLIC INDOOR SMOKING BAN. THE BAN WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT TUESDAY’S COUNCIL WORK SESSION. A bill that would raise state fuel taxes by a dime a gallon has received preliminary approval in the Wyoming Senate.

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The Casper City Council is taking another look at the city's smoking ban. The council will take up the matter at its meeting this evening. Average retail gasoline prices in Wyoming continue to go up. This past week up 10.6 cents a gallon to $3.03 a gallon and became the last state to go back up above that 3 dollar mark.

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A MILLS MAN IS HEADING TO PRISON ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM A CASE IN WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A YOUNG GIRL. The Wyoming Legislature will concentrate on ironing out differences between the House and Senate versions of supplemental budget bill this week.

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CASPER’S METRO ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER IS STILL IN POSSESSION OF SEVERAL DOZEN CATS THAT WERE TAKEN IN A MASSIVE RAID LAST DECEMBER. A potent winter storm with moderate to heavy snow will impact Wyoming this weekend. Snow will spread throughout most of the state starting later today and continue through Sunday afternoon, with Winter Storm Warnings and Watches posted for most of the state.

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AN OKLAHOMA CITY MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOLLOWING AN ONLINE THREAT AGAINST RESIDENTS OF CASPER. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS PROFESSOR DR. ERNIE GOSS SAYS THAT WHILE HIS LATEST SURVEY OF PURCHASING MANAGERS IN WYOMING IS STILL FORECASTING A GROWING ECONOMY.

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Governor Matt Mead in his Tuesday morning press conference defended in his budget requests that are working through the legislature this week. Gov. Mead says he has misgivings about legislation that would exempt the state from any new federal ban on assault weapons.

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A NATRONA COUNTY MAN LED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ON A CHASE THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THEN TOOK PART IN HIS OWN DEMOLITION DERBY. The Wyoming State Board of Education plans to hire a search firm to find a director for the state Education Department.

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Action on the supplemental state budget bill will dominate both houses of the Wyoming Legislature this week. THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MAX MAXFIELD IN RULING THAT TERM LIMITS FOR HIM AND OTHER STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

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THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT HAS MADE PROGRESS IN ITS INVESTIGATION INTO FINDING WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF CABIN BREAK-INS ON CASPER MOUNTAIN LAST SUMMER. Gov. Matt Mead's office says the governor doesn't feel it's the right time to talk election politics. The comments come after State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill said she will run for governor in 2014.

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