"A strong civil society and democracy requires its citizens be informed with the facts.” -- Patricia Harrison, CPB President and CEO
The Wyoming State Government Collaboration answers the questions: How does your government work? What does it do? How does it affect your life? What role do you play in creating a healthy and functioning state? Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Collaboration employs two reporters dedicated to reporting on Wyoming’s state government activity. Wyoming Public Media and Jackson Hole Community Radio are partnering to cover reporting both on air and online.
The initiative stemmed from the State Government Coverage in Public Media survey commissioned by CPB and published in 2022. The survey found that while public media stations in all 50 states provide original state government reporting at least weekly when their legislatures are in session, not all states have a full-time state government beat reporter based at a public media station. Wyoming was selected from national media applicants from 19 states.
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At least one conservative political group feels the current system is keeping their messages from being read. This week, electeds started looking into whether the state’s email quarantine system violates the public’s free speech. -
The panel will hear testimony and produce a report on incorrect ballots used in Weston County for three 2024 races. -
Wyoming’s gun-free zones repeal went into effect this week. States with similar laws, like Ohio, Nebraska and Georgia, saw an increase in gun-related incidents since passing them, according to an analysis by the Gun Violence Data Hub. -
She alerted Gov. Mark Gordon’s office and the Highway Patrol about her plans shortly before the demonstration. But when the time came to open the bathroom doors down the hall from the governor’s office, she encountered no resistance from troopers or security. -
The judge granted a preliminary injunction against part of the law, which would’ve excluded the use of abortion pills for off-label uses, a common practice in medicine. -
A Wyoming judge is weighing whether to temporarily block part of a law that would exclude the use of abortion pills for off-label uses. In early May, abortion advocates in Wyoming added the law to an existing civil lawsuit against two new abortion restrictions. -
The decision by the court’s conservative supermajority deals a setback to supporters of transgender rights as GOP-dominated states and the Trump administration look to eliminate protections for trans people. -
Lawmakers might try amending the state Constitution to abolish the use of different types of property, like residential and industrial, as a means of raising revenue. -
A new study says the abortion pill mifepristone is 22 times more dangerous than previously known. What to make of a study that seems to upend years of accepted science? -
Gov. Mark Gordon said he won’t pass off his investigation of Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock to the attorney general, or seek her removal from office. Republicans in Weston County and nearby have thoughts.
