Chris Clements
Wyoming State Government Collaboration JournalistLeave a tip: cclemen7@uwyo.edu
Chris Clements is a state government reporter for Wyoming Public Media based in Laramie. He came to WPM from KSJD Radio in Cortez, Colorado, where he reported on Indigenous affairs, drought, and local politics in the Four Corners region. Before that, he graduated with a degree in English (Creative Writing) from Arizona State University. Chris's news stories have been featured on NPR's Weekend Edition and hourly newscasts, as well as on WBUR's Here & Now and National Native News.
This position is partially funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through the Wyoming State Government Collaboration.
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Six qualified voters in Hot Springs County asked Gordon to remove two of the county’s commissioners, alleging they violated their oaths of office when they reconsidered a land use change application. -
The advocates are asking to overturn three state laws they say make it unnecessarily hard to obtain abortions and aren’t needed to protect women. The state disagrees. -
Gordon also vetoed a bill that would’ve allowed civil suits against law enforcement agencies for enforcing orders solely regarding firearms or ammunition. Sheriffs worried it’d hamstring their cooperation with the feds. He also vetoed a union related bill. -
Hand counting ballots is less secure, less accurate and more time consuming than counting ballots using voting machines, according to studies and local county clerks. But the governor signed a new law requiring county clerks to audit 5% of ballots by hand after the primary and general elections this year. -
Driven by wind, a brush fire near the town of Wright grew to a thousand acres on Monday afternoon, according to Campbell County officials. -
Out of the 25 line-item vetoes Gov. Mark Gordon issued on the budget bill sent to him by the Wyoming Legislature, lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to reverse four of them. -
Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill into law on March 5 that codifies the state’s system of distributing a portion of sales tax revenue to local governments. -
Wyoming has a budget for the next two years! After weeks of divisive lead up, how did we get here? Plus, the House issues its report on an activist handing out campaign checks on the House floor. WyoFile's Maggie Mullen and Wyoming Public Radio's Chris Clements break down the penultimate week of the budget session. -
A House investigative committee presented its findings on ‘Checkgate’ this week. It found lawmakers didn’t accept bribes, but admonished members of the lower chamber to never let it happen again. -
Open Spaces show rundown for February 27, 2026 -
Wyoming lawmakers are working to agree on the state's budget for the next two years. And they’re still plowing through a lot of other bills – and the continuing reverberations of “Checkgate.” WyoFile's Maggie Mullen and Wyoming Public Radio's Chris Clements break down week three of the budget session.
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Committee members heard hours of tense testimony from lawmakers alleged to have received or witnessed a Teton County conservative activist hand-deliver campaign checks on the lower chamber floor.
