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Wyo. House Votes Not To Concur On Lottery Bill

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:18:24 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House on Monday voted not to concur with the Senate on a bill that would allow a lottery and multi-state games such as Powerball in the state.

The House voted 34-25 not to agree with an amendment the Senate made last week in how the proceeds of the lottery would be used

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House Faces Final Votes On Hunting Silencers

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:35:24 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House is set to take a final vote on whether to allow silencers on guns used for hunting in the state.

The House amended the bill earlier this week to specify that silencers could be used for hunting predators and small game but not for big-game species such as elk and deer

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House To Hear Bill To Allow Silencers For Hunting

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:38:19 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House of Representatives is set to hear a bill that would allow hunters to use silencers.

Sen. Ogden Driskell of Devils Tower introduced the bill in the Senate after an identical bill died earlier this session in a House committee

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House OK's Bill On Animal Cruelty Whistleblowers

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:20:03 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A measure that could prevent animal-rights groups from making surreptitious videos during undercover animal cruelty investigations has passed the Wyoming House of Representatives

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Wyo. House Defeats Domestic Partnership Bill

Associated Press — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:57:06 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House has shot down a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to create domestic partnerships carrying most of the legal rights of conventional marriage.

The House voted 35-to-24 against the bill

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Wyo. House Defeats Bill To Open Arrests Records

Associated Press — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:46:34 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House of Representatives has defeated a bill that would have changed state law to allow the release of names of people charged with sexual assault before until they're bound over to district court

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House Committee To Hear Education Reform Bill

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:36:39 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to consider a bill that would strip the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction post of much of its power.

The House Appropriations Committee has scheduled a hearing on the bill for 10 minutes after the full House adjourns on Tuesday

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Fuel Tax Increase Moves On In Wyo. House

Associated Press — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:39:45 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A proposal to raise Wyoming fuel taxes by a dime a gallon is set for a second vote in the state House of Representatives.

The House on Thursday is scheduled to consider a proposal to hike the tax from the existing rate of 14 cents a gallon up to 24 cents

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House To Hear Proposed Fuel Tax Hike

Associated Press — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:43:43 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A proposal to raise Wyoming fuel taxes is set to get its first hearing in the full House of Representatives.

House Majority Floor Leader Kermit Brown, a Laramie Republican, says he expects the bill will come up for a hearing early Wednesday afternoon

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Payroll Tax Deadlock Ends As House Caves

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:57:28 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers

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