David Dudley
Wyoming State Government Collaboration JournalistDavid Dudley is an award-winning journalist who has written for The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, High Country News, WyoFile, and the Wyoming Truth, among many others. David was a Guggenheim Crime in America Fellow at John Jay College from 2020-2023. During the past 10 years, David has covered city and state government, business, economics and public safety beats for various publications. He lives in Cheyenne with his family.
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Open Spaces show rundown for April 12, 2024
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Lawmakers packed the Capitol's historic courtroom Monday to consider possible interim issues ranging from artificial intelligence's impacts on society to abortion access, water to the affordable housing shortage.
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Secretary of State data show there are nearly 90,000 fewer registered voters in Wyoming today than there were two years ago. That's because Wyoming law requires county clerks to remove the names of voters who did not vote in the most recent general election of 2022.
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Last week Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed a bill that would have made it legal to carry concealed firearms in public schools, hospitals and government meetings across the state.
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Lawmakers are weighing the prospect of a special session. In a joint op-ed written on Wednesday, legislative leaders said a special session would likely run between eight and ten days. And it would cost the state $35,000 per day.
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Last week Gov. Mark Gordon inked four bills that will give property tax relief to thousands of Wyomingites. Then he vetoed another, which could mean that lawmakers will return to Cheyenne for a special session.
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Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed sending $2 million to replace a failing water tank in Wheatland. The funds would have come from $50 million in remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which need to be allotted to specific infrastructure projects by December, or they will revert to the federal government. Meanwhile, residents who live near the tank worry for their safety.
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Open Spaces show rundown for March 22, 2024
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There's a one million gallon water tank in Wheatland, an hour's drive north of Cheyenne. It's been leaking for years, and it's getting worse. Town officials have raised over $6 million for repairs through various channels. But they're still short by $2 million. Rep. Jeremy Haroldson (R-Wheatland) took the opportunity during this year’s legislative budget session to try to get that money for his community. But it didn’t come easily.
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On Wednesday, March 20, Gov. Gordon signed a hearing aid bill into law. It will help low-income people with a severe hearing impairment get a pair of custom hearing aids.