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The Senators also ask that an appropriations bill include specific language prohibiting funding from being obligated or transferred to the Green Climate Fund.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill replacing the much-criticized No Child Left Behind law. The legislation, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act, returns much of the control of education policy to the states. Wyoming Education Association President Kathy Vetter says the past 14 years of No Child Left Behind meant too many tests, and overly severe consequences for schools where students didn't sc

Sen. Mike Enzi will campaign in 21 Wyoming communities this August in advance of the Republican primary, campaign officials say. The three-term incumbent will hold 21 ice cream socials throughout the state next month, with stops scheduled for Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie...

A Casper independent running for U.S. Senate says he now intends to run as a Libertarian this November. Joe Porambo says he made the decision earlier this week. “Trying to achieve 10,000 signatures probably wasn’t going to occur, so I looked over the platform of the Libertarian Party and pretty much agreed with everything in the platform,” Porambo said...

Records show U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney has paid $220 after she was ticketed for buying a Wyoming resident fishing license when she hadn't lived in Wyoming for a full year, as required.

Liz Cheney is calling on Sen. Mike Enzi to renounce federal assistance for congressmen and their staff to buy health insurance under health-care reform.

According to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., this plan creates a market-based, fiscally responsible solution that is fair to both students and taxpayers.

The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee says the organization will back Sen. Mike Enzi over challenger Liz Cheney in the campaign for the Republican nomination in Wyoming.

Today, the Senate passed U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., legislation 69-27, sending a strong bipartisan signal that states should be able to enforce their own laws and that the federal government should not favor one business over another or one taxpayer over another...

Former Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel has cleared Senate confirmation to become the nation's Secretary of Defense