Casper Sen News Today

Going on and Cherry Blossoms are blooming. Its one of the most visited times of the year for the capitol hill area. Im sure that thats being taken into consideration as well. In the control room if you can bring up the 10year yield and 2year yield that would be interesting as well to see if weve seen a little bit of safety there, that would be a natural reaction to whats been happening. The 2year had been going up after the sale. Auction came out at 1 00, highest yield of the year and i have not...

Last week out of the blue, the Legislature's Joint Corporations and Elections committee approved a motion to look into moving the elections division out of the Secretary of State's office. The motion is a reaction to comments by Casper Rep. Chuck Gray who's likely going to be the next Secretary of State. He won the primary and is running uncontested in the general election.

One bill that fell under the radar this year will make it illegal to use electronic devices such as phones, iPads, computers and GPS tracking devices to harass and stalk individuals. The Wyoming legislature overwhelmingly supported the measure that makes that activity a violation of the state's stalking laws. It took an incident in tiny Upton to get the bill passed.

Anti-abortion bills have always come up in the Wyoming legislature, but recently a handful of measures requiring doctors that provide abortions to perform certain tasks have been adopted. So following the recent actions of other states, it was no surprise the legislature considered some stronger legislation this year and it could potentially send two bills to the governor this time around.

The Wyoming Senate gave final approval to a legislative redistricting plan that is likely headed for a conference committee.

After some emotional debate, the Wyoming Senate approved a bill that would ban chemically induced abortions.

The state government is banning books in libraries and hosing down American history with a gagging perfume.

The Wyoming Senate voted 16 to 14 to eliminate the University of Wyoming Gender Studies program with a budget amendment.

The Wyoming Senate has given final approval to a bill that puts limitations on teaching critical race theory in schools.

A special legislative session against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates led to a lot of debate but no substantive legislation this week. The result was a bit of a surprise, but many think lawmakers bit off more than they could chew.