Month: February 2023

The Labor Committee’s session today was an example of the power of public testimony.  The Committee members were particularly impressed by the rapid-fire testimony of two high school debaters who seemed to have elusive data.  For example: 95% of postpartum

Jeff Victor shares his conversation with Kim Barker.  Ms. Barker will release a serial podcast tomorrow Feb 23.  She has investigated the 1985 murder of Shelli Wiley, a murder she remembered from her teen years in Laramie.  Ms. Barker relates

After 3-1 defeat in the Senate Corporations Committee, Floor Leader Majority Floor Leader Larry Hicks (R — Baggs) moved that the bill be withdrawn from Corporations and sent to the Revenue committee. That motion passed 19-12. The bill blocks switching

Legislators voiced doubt that a — truly — suicidal person would bother to call a stranger.  One House legislator said that were he ready for suicide he wouldn’t make the call.  HB65 was proposed by the Joint (Interim) Revenue Committee. 

Janet Yellen made the final choice for honorees for the Women’s Quarter Series.  One honoree claims multiple suffrage achievements. Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren was the first Latina — and Native American woman — to run for Congress and the first Latina

LWVUS offers a variety of interest (Google) groups that often have regular zoom meetings. A few of those groups are: LWVUS Immigration Discussion Group (140 members). The LWVUS adopted a position on immigration in 2006 following an in-depth study.   This

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