Gov. Gordon signed a proclamation on June 1. This year, he focused on high-risk individuals: Vets, police, firefighters, and EMS personnel. For many years, Wyoming has been near the top of the list of states with high suicide rates and
SCOTUS rules for Wind River in its federal reimbursements case
SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Wind River Care System last week. The case was about reimbursement of what’s being called “gap funding,” totaling approximately $4.5 M. It pays for billing costs and federal reimbursement for Medicaid and Medicare. The
Analysis: How healthy are teachers’ salaries?
This question arises from testimony before the Joint Education Committee and the trial between WEA and that state. The long-time expert, Christina Stoddard, who studies WY educational statistics, was called to testify against the state. WEA claims that the state
News release from SCOTUS: surprises from perhaps five
The deadline for submitting financial disclosures has passed. On Friday, a report was released detaining those justices. Justice Alito asked for the permitted extension to submit. There are many books and book advances in the mix, a couple of rental
Secretary Gray writes County Clerks, again
Secretary Gray strongly suggested to the County Clerks in a recent letter that drop boxes are illegal under existing state statute. Specifically, he worries that statutes about absentee voting do not expressly mention drop boxes. He explains that drop boxes
44,000 signatures: First voter Initiative since 1996
Brent Bien and “WY Voter Initiatives” are named as part of the 315 volunteers who worked on this 50% property tax law. The Secretary of State must now validate each signature. It’s not easy considering that WY has some of
Self-confessed: Canadian on trial for 12 murders, 4 count as MMIW
The man now on trial, Jeremy Skibicki (36), was apprehended in May 2022. Three of the First Nation women he murdered were killed in Spring 2022. It was revealed that Skibicki found his First Nation victims at a homeless shelter.
“2000 Mules” producers apologize & withdraw film
The plot is about a group of people who gathered swing state ballots for the 2022 election. The movie claimed that cell phone data was used to track how often these “mules” were near a ballot box. Within days of
Primary 2024: More legislative choice than 2022
81% of the 77 State House races feature two or more choices. Compared to the last cycle, there are 15 not 22 uncompetitive races. There are no DEM candidates in a Senate race. The only race with two DEM candidates
FL voter lists: Good news & bad news
Bad news: Activist networks have AI at work, generating large lists of voters they say should be deleted from current voter lists. Worse news: At least the one case in this report urges county officials to vet the new list