Wyoming Stories
The Wyoming House and Senate are arriving at markedly different versions of the budget bill. The Senate finished second reading with a bill that largely restores the governor’s original funding proposal, while the House is still debating its first round of amendments as of publication time.
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More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife.
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The state program lost the majority of its budget last fall, when the Trump administration eliminated funding for SNAP-Ed. Now it’s spreading out educators and exploring more online classes.
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Kratom is often marketed as an herbal supplement. But it’s highly addictive, affecting the same parts of the brain as opioids. Coroners have found it in suicide victims’ bodies.
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The order applies to state-owned property, such as state office buildings and the Wyoming State Capitol Complex. It does not apply to property managed by the legislative or judicial branches, such as the House and Senate chambers.
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