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"Tune In, Get Informed, Get Involved": Four Wyoming Political Greats Talk Civility

Wyoming Public Radio | By Melodie Edwards

Published September 7, 2018 at 5:01 PM MDT

Former U.S. Senator Al Simpson, former Wyoming Governor Mike Sullivan USFWS Director and former Senate President John Turner, and Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kite spoke last month in Laramie.

The University of Wyoming’s Haub School and the Ruckelshaus Institute recently celebrated 25 years of collaboration in solving problems concerning the environment, natural resources and energy issues. As part of the festivities, the school hosted a panel on civility with some of Wyoming’s most respected political figures: U.S. Senator Al Simpson, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kite, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director and State Senator John Turner and former Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan.

Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards sat down with them as part of our series, “I Respectfully Disagree.”