Wyoming Freedom Caucus

Big changes in public services might be coming soon to some Wyoming communities.

Lawmakers were set to pick the topics they’ll spend the next few months hearing about from the public and stakeholders. Instead, the committee discussed new rules and norms for the interim.

The Management Council met this week and reduced the number of days interim committees have to meet while also granting the chairs of those bodies more leeway in setting their own agendas.

One committee might hear updates on investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people. Another might consider subjects on voting machines and paper ballots.

The caucus cited some of their House bills that became law, declaring, “We governed.” Other politicians pointed to populism and D.C. agendas.

Wyoming’s general legislative session is scheduled to end next Thursday. Gov. Mark Gordon sat down with Wyoming Public Radio to talk about how it’s shaping up.

Roughly 25 people walked into the Capitol building and laid down outside the governor’s office, surrounded by Wyoming State Highway Patrol troopers. They were protesting a bill that would repeal most gun-free zones that recently landed on Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk.

The Wyoming House and Senate must agree on whether pre-K tuition fits within the scope of a private school voucher program.

After House lawmakers amended SF 69 last week to make the property tax cuts more targeted for individual counties, they voted to undo those changes this week and bring it closer to its original language.

The Wyoming Legislature dropped all but one affordable housing measure this session. There was a grueling fight over the purpose and scope of the last bill as it advanced through the House.