"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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For more interviews with lawmakers while the Legislature is in session and throughout the year, check out Wyoming PBS' Capital Outlook.
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State government reporter Chris Clements will make a reporting swing through northeast Wyoming, interviewing residents of towns like Hulett about property tax cuts and the future of the state. -
A student reporter for the Branding Iron wrote that AI use is harming the classroom experience and needs rethinking. -
Wyomingites vote by mail when they request absentee ballots in-state or vote overseas. “I'm not sure that we'd want to eliminate mail voting for them,” said one Republican state senator. -
Democratic legislators like Rep. Mike Yin (D-Jackson) have been holding town halls in Republican districts. Wyoming Public Radio’s Chris Clements spoke with Yin about what he’s been hearing. -
This week, Senate President Bo Biteman (R-Ranchester) made committee changes to fill vacancies after Sen. Darin Smith (R-Cheyenne) resigned and Sen. Eric Barlow (R-Gillette) stepped down as chair of one panel. -
For most of the last decade, Wyoming has had one of the highest suicide rates in the U.S. -
Airman Brayden Lovan’s death involved a Sig Sauer M18 handgun, prompting a pause and inspection of the gun. The weapon is the subject of numerous lawsuits alleging it can be fired without its trigger being pulled. -
The town of Ranchester’s population is 1,176, but it's been rapidly growing. That growth means the town hasn’t yet had to make big changes due to property tax cuts, but the mayor doesn’t want to see more. -
Electeds on the interim Joint Appropriations Committee voted to ask the Legislature’s top leaders to let them form a state Department of Health Subcommittee. -
The greenlit legislation would ban the use of ballot drop boxes, require counties to use pen and paper ballots and ban ballot harvesting. The committee is still considering seven other related bills.
