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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Wyoming’s number of wildfires and acres burned were well above average, but well below the records set in 2024. -
UW says it "cannot guarantee reentry" for foreign employees who go home for the holidays. International students and employees are now subject to social media vetting by the feds. -
Lawmakers on the Joint Appropriations Committee are almost finished with the second week of hearing state agencies’ funding requests. Education funding was difficult to nail down. -
The school board in Laramie will decide the fate of an abandoned school property. There's an offer on the table to build workforce housing there. -
The city council reversed course on its "malicious harms" ordinance this week. Residents warned the repeal sends the wrong message. -
Public school teachers and the state they work for are waiting on a ruling in the lawsuit between them. A revamp of the school funding model continues in the meantime. -
A sweeping bill aimed at improving literacy education in Wyoming schools got the greenlight from the state’s education committee last week. -
Wyoming's main state scholarship for university and community college students could soon get an overhaul. -
The University of Wyoming campus community was shocked last week by two incidents involving Nazi messages displayed on pumpkins and a giant inflatable ball. -
Gillette City Councilors are gearing up to repeal the city’s hate crime ordinance, just two years after establishing it. -
State lawmakers are drafting a bill that would set the average teacher salary to about $70,000. It’s one of many proposed changes to public school funding lawmakers plan to consider during the next legislative session in February. -
Education leaders in Wyoming announced they’re aiming to boost reading proficiency with new trainings, new legislation and a new $24 million federal grant.
