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Wyo. Workers Would Share Pension Hike Under Bill

By Associated Press February 13, 2013

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The latest proposal to boost contributions to the Wyoming's state pension plan calls for employees and the government to split the cost.

The full Senate on Tuesday passed a bill requiring employees and the state to each pay 0

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Legislature, senate, state pensions

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Courtroom Weapons Ban Gets Initial Senate Approval

By Associated Press February 13, 2013

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would ban deadly weapons in Wyoming courtrooms has won initial approval in the state Senate.

House Bill 216 passed its first round of Senate floor debate on Tuesday

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: courtroom weapons, Legislature

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House Faces Final Votes On Hunting Silencers

By Associated Press February 13, 2013

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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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: gun silencers, House, Legislature

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Wyo. Lawmakers Consider Grants For Energy Towns

By Associated Press February 12, 2013

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are considering creating a way to offer grants to areas affected by energy development.

The proposal, House Bill 212, has already passed the House and a Senate committee unanimously backed it on Monday

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: energy towns, grants, Legislature

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Wyoming Senate To Consider Bill To Raise Fuel Tax

By Associated Press February 12, 2013

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Senate is set to hear a proposal to raise state fuel taxes by a dime a gallon.

The bill would raise the tax from the existing rate of 14 cents a gallon up to 24 cents

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House To Hear Bill To Allow Silencers For Hunting

By Associated Press February 11, 2013

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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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: House, hunting, Legislature, silencers

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Several Bills Die In Senate Committee’s [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 8, 2013

After about an hour and 45 minutes of testimony, a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns in Wyoming K-12 schools and on college campuses died in the Senate Education committee. No one on the Senate Education Committee made a motion Friday to recommend House Bill 105 and so the bill does not advance further.

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Category: Legislative Report, Wyoming News Tags: bills, cheyenne, Legislature

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Bill To Bar Attack On Health-Care Workers Advances

By Associated Press February 8, 2013

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A state House committee has approved a bill making it a crime for patients to assault health-care workers who are treating them.

The Associated Press reported the bill sets penalties of up to 12 years in prison and a $5,000 fine

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