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Wyoming Lawmakers Avoid Discussing 'Hill Bill'

Associated Press — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:51 +0000

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — State lawmakers gathered at a public forum in Cody refused to talk about recent legislation that has stripped the state superintendent of public instruction of many of her duties

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Wyoming Lawmakers Still Looking For More Park Money

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:11:35 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are still trying to come up with ways to raise more money for the state park system.

Members of the Legislature's Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee met Tuesday in Guernsey and agreed to pursue funding beyond the regular state budget

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Wyoming Lawmakers Want Agency Budget Cut Plans

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:28:56 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Legislature intends to direct state agencies to prepare for a range of budget cuts despite Gov. Matt Mead's recent veto of a similar directive in the state's supplemental budget bill

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Wyoming Lawmakers To Discuss Legislative Session

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:39:49 +0000

Lawmakers will meet with reporters Thursday to review actions taken during the legislative session that came to a close on Wednesday.

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Obama, Top Lawmakers To Meet Friday On Budget Cuts

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:10:32 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Friday with congressional leaders to discuss what to do about $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts.

The top Democrat and Republican in both the House and Senate will attend

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Gov. Mead Wants To Meet With Lawmakers Over Budget Issues

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:54:27 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he hopes to meet with Wyoming lawmakers over the next year to try to resolve a fundamental disagreement over whether the state should be putting its extra cash into permanent savings or into the state’s rainy day fund. Mead has recommended that the state put less into [...]

Conservation Easements On Wyo. Agenda

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:56:35 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are considering conservation easements to protect more state land as the population increases.

The issue came to the forefront on Tuesday when members from the Select Committee on Natural Resources met to discuss a draft of legislation for large easement projects and received public comment

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Gov. Mead To Present His Budget To Lawmakers Today

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:40:13 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is set to present his proposed budget to state lawmakers in Cheyenne.

Mead is scheduled to address members of the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee on Monday morning

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Wyo. Lawmakers Address Indian Reservation Crime

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:33:02 +0000

ETHETE, Wyo. (AP) — Tribal and federal officials say a crackdown on crime over the past two years has succeeded in improving the quality of life on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Wyoming legislators met Tuesday in Ethete (EE'-thuh-tee), on the reservation to hear from state and federal law enforcement and other officials

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Wyo. Lawmakers Adress Indian Reservation Crime

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:31:27 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers will hear testimony about reducing crime on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Members of the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Judiciary Committee and Select Committee on Tribal Relations are meeting in Ethete (EE'-thuh-tee) on Tuesday to hear from state and federal law enforcement and other officials

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Lawmakers Begin Medicaid Spending Review

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:11:04 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are examining high-cost portions of the state's Medicaid budget as they try to curb the growth of the entitlement program.

Wyoming Department of Health officials briefed legislators Thursday on the first phase of a report on possible options for trimming Medicaid spending

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Education Reform Advances In Wyoming Senate

Associated Press — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:50:44 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that continues education reform efforts in Wyoming's public schools.

Senate File 57 was approved on a 26-4 vote Monday. It now heads to the state House for consideration.

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Paving The Way For Driver-less Cars

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:24:47 +0000

Lawmakers in Nevada are working on legislation that could someday lead to cars driving themselves on streets and highways in the state.

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Lawmakers Reach Deal On Payroll Tax Cut Deal

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:37:37 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Relieved congressional bargainers say they've reached agreement on compromise legislation extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed through 2012, edging a white-hot political battle a major step closer to finally being resolved

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Bill To Bar Some Wyoming Officials From Hiring Own Attorneys

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:04:16 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill is being proposed that would discontinue allowing four Wyoming statewide elected officials to hire their own legal counsel.
The bill proposed by state Rep. Pete Illoway, of Cheyenne, would require the secretary of state, public instruction superintendent, treasurer and auditor to get their legal counsel through the state attorney general's office

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Banking For Pot Shops Eyed In Colorado

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:50:09 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only.

Banks won't touch pot money. The drug is illegal under federal law, and processing transactions or investments with pot money puts federally insured banks at risk of drug-racketeering charges

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Western Wyo. Lawmakers Propose Tax For Yellowstone

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:44 +0000

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Some western Wyoming lawmakers want to create a 1-cent sales tax to raise money for Yellowstone National Park.

The tax would be collected in Park and Teton counties and would pay for infrastructure projects, such as new roads and sewer lines

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Lawmakers Consider Revisions To Elk Plan

Associated Press — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:04:55 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A panel of Wyoming lawmakers is considering a proposal to remove federal protections from gray wolves in the state possibly as soon as next year.

A legislative committee is meeting in Thermopolis on Tuesday to consider proposed changes to the state's wolf-management plan

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Connecticut State Lawmaker Wants to Change the Date of Halloween

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:46:12 +0000

Connecticut State Representative Tim Larson has proposed that the state change the date of Halloween so it always falls on a weekend.

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Florida Lawmaker Wants to Bring Back Electric Chairs and Firing Squads

Shauna Wright — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:33:02 +0000

Florida state lawmaker Rep. Brad Drake recently had a conversation about the death penalty with a constituent at a local Waffle House restaurant. At issue: the legal battle surrounding the execution of convicted killer Manuel Valle.

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