Wyoming Stories
Cheney, who was Pres. George H.W. Bush’s secretary of defense at the time, was back in Wyoming to receive UW’s outstanding alumni award. He spoke with WPM about how JFK inspired him to pursue a career in politics, his time at UW and the state of geopolitics.
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If signed into law by the president, the bill would revert to a previous land management plan for the nation’s top producing coal region, which allows new coal mining. However, even when that previous plan was in place, there wasn’t a federal coal lease sale for more than a decade.
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During the lapse in federal funding, Utah and Colorado, along with several nonprofit partner organizations, stepped in to keep key visitor services running.
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A sweeping bill aimed at improving literacy education in Wyoming schools got the greenlight from the state’s education committee last week.
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Broken windows, pried off protective plywood and graffiti at the historic landmark’s hospital occurred as recently as last Thursday.
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Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
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Thai Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker who is wanted by the FBI for alleged cyberattacks on U.S. and European government agencies.