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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Open Spaces show rundown for March 20, 2026 -
The 2026 legislative session ushered in a new school funding model, a statewide literacy program and more. It’s now up to school districts to put those new laws into action. -
However, one bill did make it out. The state has fast -tracked housing permits. -
Gov. Mark Gordon signed two bills establishing a statewide literacy program that will mandate evidence-based strategies in public school classrooms. -
Gov. Mark Gordon will let the recalibration bill become law without his signature, citing concerns about local control and flexibility. -
A pair of bills boosting the scholarship’s payout and adding flexibility met different fates this session. -
Wyoming’s recalibration committee will continue to work on specific components of school funding throughout the year. -
After passing in the House, the bill missed the deadline to be considered by the Senate. The state Freedom Caucus, which has a majority in the House and pushed for the ban, accused the Senate of “slow-walking” the bill. -
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.
