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Wyoming House Testimony Suggests No Laws Broken in Bextel’s Check Delivery
Some quick context on what has been dubbed “Check Gate”. On Feb. 9th, activist Rebecca Bextel, a Teton County GOP committeewoman and well-known fundraiser, made national headlines after she hand-delivered campaign contribution checks to several Wyoming state representatives on the…
Sen. Barrasso Holds BLM Nominee’s Feet to the Fire for Wyoming Field Offices
Wyoming’s public lands just got a little louder in Washington, and that’s a good thing if you care about keeping local field offices open and protecting working landscapes. This week, Wyoming Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) took center stage at a…
Wyoming Legislature’s Gun Bills Make Big Moves – What’s Advancing and Why It Matters
This week, a handful of gun-related bills pushed past the Legislature’s mid-session “crossover” deadline, meaning they’ve cleared one chamber and are now headed to the next. For folks tracking Second Amendment policy here in Wyoming, this session is shaping up…
Wyoming Newborns to Receive Crypto-Backed ‘Trump Accounts’ in 2026
If you’re planning to welcome a baby in Wyoming in 2026, congratulations. Also, your newborn may already have a crypto-adjacent investment account waiting. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis praised digital asset exchange Kraken last week for sponsoring so-called “Trump Accounts” for…
Wyoming Rancher Ty Checketts Heads to Washington to Back Barrasso’s “Grasslands Grazing Act”
Checketts told a Senate panel that grazing on National Grasslands needs the same predictable rules and due process as other federal lands. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. John Barrasso brought a familiar Wyoming voice to Capitol Hill this week. Newcastle rancher…
New NPS Director Nominee Has Yellowstone Concessions Ties: Why Grand Teton Visitors Should Pay Attention
Why it Matters for Grand Teton and Yellowstone If you live in Jackson Hole, the National Park Service is not some faraway federal acronym. It is the traffic on Highway 22. It is seasonal staffing. It is whether campgrounds open…
Barrasso: Wyoming Coal “Makes America Energy Dominant” (and Saves the Grid From Itself)
Sen. John Barrasso took to the U.S. Senate floor yesyerday, after meeting with President Donald J. Trump and the White House “energy team,” to make the case that Wyoming coal is the backbone of “affordable, available, reliable” American energy, and…
Lummis Introduces Bill to Shield States from Penalties Tied to Foreign Wildfire Smoke
Jackson Hole, WY — If you’ve spent any summer day in the Tetons watching the mountains disappear behind a gray haze, you already understand the premise behind Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ latest bill. Sometimes your air quality problems are imported. This…
Hageman Raises Alarm in House Hearing over Sharia-based Tribunals: Women and Minors “Most at Risk”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) delivered a sharp, 42-second reminder of how quickly legal debates can turn into real-world consequences, especially for women and children, during a House Judiciary hearing focused on Sharia-based legal systems and their compatibility…
Barrasso Warns of “Sanctuary Polling Places” as ICE-at-the-Polls Talk Flares
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso is taking aim at what he calls a new Democratic push to treat polling places as “sensitive locations”, effectively restricting immigration enforcement activity around where people vote. In a Senate floor speech this week, Barrasso argued…