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After heated public testimony at recent town halls and a legislative committee meeting, lawmakers aim to ease the growing cost of residential property taxes.

CASPER — The Legislature’s school facilities panel met Thursday to wrestle with the state’s responsibilities and the repercussions of a concerted push to expand public charter schools in Wyoming.

A legislative task force is moving forward quickly as it studies potential options for a new state office in Riverton.

In response for missing “the most important committee meeting of the year,” Wyoming Senate President Ogden Driskill said he’s removed Senate Vice President Dave Kinskey as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Significantly fewer mule deer and pronghorn will be available for hunting in Wyoming this year compared to the past.The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved the 2023 hunting seasons this week in their April meeting. About 10,000 less pronghorn tags will be available across the state compared to last year, and about 4,000 less mule deer tags.

Wyoming lawmakers have had some time to rest and reflect on the 2023 legislative session. Several notable things happened this year – there were a lot of new lawmakers, the Republican party had some division between traditional Republicans and a newer, national party called the Freedom Caucus and there was a budget surplus. Wyoming Public Radio spoke with the leaders of both the House and Senate to re-cap. This interview is with WPR’s Caitlin Tan and Speaker of the House Albert Sommers (R-Su...

Wyoming lawmakers have had some time to rest and reflect on the 2023 legislative session. Several notable things happened this year - there were a lot of new lawmakers and the Republican party had some division between traditional Republicans and a newer, national party called the Freedom Caucus and there was a budget surplus rather than dealing with making cuts. Wyoming Public Radio spoke with the leaders of both the House and Senate to re-cap. This interview is with WPR’s Kamila Kudelska and...

Supporters prolonged a court decision by throwing out last year’s “trigger ban” before trial, Drake opines.

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SJ0011 passed the Senate on its third reading by a 17-13 vote and now heads to the House of Representatives for debate. Several bills in previous legislative sessions have supported a convention of states and have advanced to various points. To date, only 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution have been ratified among the many thousands that have been proposed.