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Bills are flying and dying in the Wyoming Legislature’s budget session. And lawmakers haven’t even touched the budget itself yet. WyoFile's Maggie Mullen and Wyoming Public Radio's Chris Clements highlight some of the biggest upsets – and an incident of checks on the House floor that’s launched investigations.

Cody Roberts’ felony animal cruelty charge will be tried in a Sublette County courthouse March 9.

The judge did not seem swayed by Cody Roberts’ team’s argument to dismiss the case, tentatively setting jury selection to begin on Feb. 12.

The man facing a felony animal cruelty charge for bringing a live, muzzled wolf into a bar after injuring it with a snowmobile is asking the court to dismiss his case.

The Utah Supreme Court said a private company failed to show the water would be put to “beneficial use.”

Smith vacates his seat in the state senate representing Cheyenne. The state’s Republican central committee will forward the names of three potential replacements to his district’s county commissioners, who will appoint one to finish out the term.

The Joint Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting during the interim. It’s requesting bill drafts on a variety of subjects.Body: The Joint Judiciary Committee met for the first time in the 2025 interim in Torrington for two days on May 19.

Abortion advocates are trying to block two new laws limiting access to abortion in the state, but they’ll have to keep waiting.

As of Feb. 24, the governor endorsed 42 bills and allowed another three to become law without his signature.

Chief Justice Kate Fox worries about the rise of threats against judges, court employees and their families. A new bill making its way through Congress may help. But Fox said that when the stakes are this high, waiting isn't an option.