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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in 2011 that gray wolves are no longer a threatened species in Wyoming.

The court's majority opinion holds that state law allows public records custodians to charge reasonable fees if complying with an inspection request requires them to copy an electronic record.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court says police can legally take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using it to solve old cases. The justices, on a 5-4 vote, say taking DNA samples from people who have been arrested for various crimes, long before their guilt or innocence has been proven, does not violate the Constitution...

The Wyoming Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a recent state law that allows judges to give permission over the phone to police officers to draw blood or perform other tests on people suspected of drunken driving.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to consider whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from convicted killer John Joseph Delling of Idaho, one of four states that bar defendants from claiming that they were legally insane, or unable to appreciate that what they did was wrong... Read Mo

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lawyers for two Wyoming teenagers serving life sentences in the home invasion slaying of a Sheridan man will get a chance to tell the state Supreme Court next month that the two deserve lesser punishment. The Wyoming Supreme Court this week filed notice that it intends to hear arguments next month from lawyers representing Wyatt Bear Cloud and Dharminder (dar-MINN'-dur) Vir S

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court is backing Cheyenne's annexation of land southwest of the city. The Associated Press reported  that the court found that a previous district court decision in favor of annexation of the Swan Ranch business park was correct and they wouldn't change it...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio. The court on Tuesday refused a Republican request to get involved in a dispute over early voting in the state on the three days before Election Day...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats have a court victory in Pennsylvania, after a judge blocked the state's voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day. Democrats have said the requirement is just a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court on Monday turned aside an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage, which donated $1...