2021 United States Capitol attack

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney will be among five recipients of this year’s Profile in Courage Awards for protecting democracy in the United States and around the world.

During a forum in Jackson, Wyoming U.S. Representative Liz Cheney said election reforms are needed, but she opposes ideas that would infringe on a state’s ability to run an election.

The number of hate groups in the U.S. fell last year, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. But researchers say that doesn’t mean extremist ideologies are losing ground – instead, they’re going mainstream.

Court cases for the hundreds of Jan. 6th capitol rioters are ongoing. More than 40 of those charged are from the Mountain West.

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney has certainly been in the news lately. Her work on the Jan. 6 committee, verbal sparring with national and Wyoming Republicans, and her concern about President Biden put her in the headlines on a regular basis. She spoke with Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck.

The Biden administration has moved to crack down on violent domestic extremists over the past year. But it's given the Bundy family – whose militant actions presaged the Capitol insurrection, and who continue to illegally graze cattle on public lands – a pass.

Community members and Democratic leaders commemorated the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, while warning that the movement behind it is stronger than ever.

Some Laramie residents gathered Thursday in front of the Albany County Courthouse to honor the lives lost during and after the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building last year.

A new survey of several Mountain West states found that 85% of respondents are concerned about our Democracy. Research firm Morning Consult talked with nearly 1900 people. Most were also concerned about misinformation and expect more violence similar to what we saw on January 6.

Christopher Podlesnik will spend a year and a half in prison for voicemails he left members of Congress and a state lawmaker in January. He is also being fined $10,000.