Jeff Victor
ReporterLeave a tip: jvictor@uwyo.edu
Jeff is a part-time reporter for Wyoming Public Media, as well as the owner and editor of the Laramie Reporter, a free online news source providing in-depth and investigative coverage of local events and trends. His work has also appeared in the Laramie Boomerang and WyoFile.
Interning as a science reporter with WPM during the summer of 2019, Jeff was promoted to his current position while finishing his master’s degree at University of Wyoming. In a former life as a Laramie Boomerang reporter, he was awarded six Pacemakers for his coverage of the university and Laramie culture. In his free time, Jeff laments the loss of his left kidney, drowning that sorrow with books about science, mead made locally, and far too many podcasts. His cat, Ramona, is far more interesting.
He specializes in political and science reporting, and enjoys afflicting the comfortable.
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Freedom Caucus appropriators tried to defund the radio station, but a “public outcry” against that and other reductions saw lawmakers reverse course. -
The Joint Conference Committee met for less than two hours Friday and flew through negotiating a unified budget. It heads back to the House and Senate for a final vote. -
The House rejected its own recalibration bill twice. The version it’s receiving from the Senate includes higher teacher salaries, among other amendments. -
As they prepare to give the state budget a final look, Wyoming’s two chambers will begin with radically different versions of what was once an identical bill.
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Wyoming Business Council funding. Pay raises for correctional officers. The opportunity for more suicide prevention education in schools. All were budget bill amendments that members of the Wyoming House killed this week. -
A pair of bills adjusting the Hathaway Scholarship program is heading to the House. The scholarship is available to every in-state high school graduate and financially helps many students attend community college or the University of Wyoming. -
The Wyoming House killed a bill revamping public ed funding. The Senate voted unanimously to introduce their own. -
Proposed legislation to establish an affordable housing fund died without discussion. At least two other affordable housing bills remain in the House. -
The commission will draft guidelines for ethical use in labs and classrooms, outline funding and partnership opportunities and more. -
Open Spaces show rundown for January 30, 2026 -
Wyoming’s recalibration of its public school funding model would boost teacher pay but cut their number while increasing target class sizes. -
The $1.8 billion school recalibration bill will boost teacher pay but cut positions. The bill now heads to the full Legislature.
