"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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Between the Freedom Caucus’ first session holding a majority in the House and the Senate tanking a supplemental budget, the general session of the 68th Wyoming Legislature was a whirlwind. Our team shares highlights – and what happens next. -
The governor vetoed one bill that would’ve clarified in state statute that abortion is not healthcare, and let another measure that enshrines legal definitions of the terms “man” and “woman” in statute pass. -
A lawsuit that aims to overturn two new abortion restrictions was delayed by the state of Wyoming on March 13. -
Gray said his investigation found that Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock’s oversight of the November election amounted to misconduct. -
Attorneys representing Wellspring Health Access, the only clinic that, until recently, provided procedural abortions in Wyoming, filed notice on March 11 to dismiss their case in Natrona County District Court against two new restrictive abortion laws. -
As the Wyoming Legislature adjourns, we’re taking another look at the interplay between the three branches of government. What happens with the stack of passed legislation on the governor's desk really brings those checks and balances into focus.
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One new law prohibits public school students from going to restrooms and locker rooms that don’t correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Another bans trans people from sex-desginated public spaces associated with the state, like community colleges, correctional facilities and some bathrooms and locker rooms. -
Single-family homeowners will see a 25% cut applied to the first $1 million of their home's fair market value. Funding for local governments that will lose property tax revenue because of it was removed from the bill’s final version. -
Pregnant Wyomingites will now be required to have a transvaginal ultrasound 48 hours before getting abortion medication. That’s after the Wyoming Senate joined the House in reversing the governor’s veto of a bill requiring the procedure. -
That includes money to restore land damaged by wildfires. Wyoming’s last wildfire season was “historic,” according to the governor, who asked for $130 million for wildfire aid.
