"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.
Click here to watch live and past meetings of the Wyoming Legislature.
For more interviews with lawmakers while the Legislature is in session and throughout the year, check out Wyoming PBS' Capital Outlook.
-
Wyoming’s attorney general wants to prepare for legal battles over the Colorado River Basin and the State Building Commission wants to update the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming. -
The Wyoming Business Council faced scrutiny from state Freedom Caucus lawmakers who were skeptical of the economic development agency and its budget goals. -
The chief justice and her deputies spoke about the need for increased funding to upgrade rapidly aging remote court proceedings technology. -
Day one of the Wyoming Legislature’s pre-session hearings on the governor’s proposed budget featured a spat between the secretary of state and an appropriator. -
That’s after one political group complained the current system is keeping their messages from being read. -
In an ideal, theoretical world, Rep. John Bear (R-Gillette) says he’d like to see churches take more of a lead on some aspects of state government, like certain mental health and welfare programs. -
Wyoming’s governor bashed the Biden administration, referenced uncertainty caused by property tax reductions and promised to “honor the conscientiousness of our forebears” in his $11 billion budget proposal. -
Gov. Mark Gordon and the Wyoming GOP highlighted Eklund’s “commitment to Wyoming’s agricultural community” in press releases detailing his death. -
Wyoming U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis was among nine lawmakers whose phone records were investigated by the FBI over “Election Law Matters” after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. -
Airports near Casper, Rock Springs and Laramie are putting out calls for help as the federal government shutdown reaches day 43.
