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“It's taken far too long for some of these conversations to happen. But they are happening. And institutions are adapting to the changing demographics of those who are serving.”

“It's taken far too long for some of these conversations to happen. But they are happening. And institutions are adapting to the changing demographics of those who are serving.”

Ultrasounds have changed how we see—literally—fetal problems within the womb before the baby is born. But this helpful technology brings its own issues.

(Laramie, WY) — A new nonpartisan report from the Wyoming Women’s Foundation and the Equality State Policy Center is the focus of a public discussion next week hosted by the Equality State Policy Center. The six-page report, “Wyoming Women in Elected Roles,” was prepared by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center at the University of Wyoming. It explains the importance of representation—regardless of political party, and it offers policy recommendations that support elec...

Listen • 4:28 The pandemic has caused huge revenue shortfalls in state budgets across the Mountain West and the country, renewing heated debates over taxes. Thats true in Wyoming, too, though one tax issue before lawmakers is "still something that, you know, gets whispered about." So says Jen Simon, and shes talking about periods. Simon is with the Wyoming Womens Action Network, and she says cultural stigma prevents important public policy discussions around, for example,...

Listen / The pandemic has caused huge revenue shortfalls in state budgets across the Mountain West and the country, renewing heated debates over taxes. Thats true in Wyoming, too, though one tax issue before lawmakers is "still something that, you know, gets whispered about." So says Jen Simon, and shes talking about periods. Simon is with the Wyoming Womens Action Network, and she says cultural stigma prevents important public policy discussions around, for example, the affordability ...

Youre looking at terror situations that i studied in my career. the individual invests so much of their emotion in getting to the location and conducting the attack, that is, theyve got to build up to an emotional bubble that says, im going to kill people. when i kill people, most likely im going to die myself. what im saying is once they get to the actual event, they might not always have thought through, how do i maintain focus for 20 minutes or 30 minutes? so that i can kill 500 people instea...

Intense that they might lose focus, they might focus on killing themselves because they dont want to be taken by police, its the emotion of the event that drives them. >> theres also the question of money. jen simon has been looking into the shooters finances. dan, what have you learned so far? >> no question, anderson, that is going to be an important part of the conversation and the investigation. we know that the shooter often described himself as a professional gambler. but he was also an ac...