Wyoming State Legislature

The Joint Appropriations Committee voted to cut the federal funding from the state’s Department of Health budget earlier this month, but the move was met with pushback and protest.

The $1.8 billion school recalibration bill will boost teacher pay but cut positions. The bill now heads to the full Legislature.

Misinformation and confusion steered lawmakers as they passed legislation to ban chemtrails, a debunked conspiracy that claims the government is controlling our health with airborne chemicals.

Wyoming lawmakers are requesting draft legislation to ban a proven method of adding water to drought stricken landscapes after hours of testimony about cloud seeding and geoengineering.

As Wyoming crests the one year anniversary of its first anthrax outbreak in decades, the state livestock board says disease response time will lag because of federal cuts.

Wyoming’s 23 weed and pest programs are getting hit by several funding cuts, making it harder to treat invasive insects and weeds that are prone to wildfire, like cheatgrass.

Many Wyoming towns are facing failing water systems, like leaky and corroded water pipes, which could lead to dry faucets. State lawmakers met this week to consider how to help.

People are leaving Wyoming at one of the highest rates in the country. This week, state lawmakers didn’t move forward one proposal to fix that.

Once again, lawmakers disagreed on how to “save” coal, failing to move forward a draft bill that would have repealed current state law.

Some lawmakers were shocked by the financial reports of two Wyoming towns. Others were interested in auditing themselves, along with the executive branch.