Major gun rights cases since 2008 have expanded gun rights. This decision, with Chief Justice Roberts writing the majority decision, upholds a law saying that domestic abusers may be disarmed. Specifically, people subject to restraining orders due to domestic abuse
Big immigration change for
George Wills suggests great questions for June presidential debate
Albany County Primary Candidate Forums Scheduled Beginning June 20
The League of Women Voters of Laramie (LWV) and the Albany County Public Library (ACPL) are sponsoring Albany County Primary Election Candidate Forums on Thursday evenings, June 20 and 27, July 11, 18 and 25 from 7 – 9 pm.
Education Saving Accounts for families: How rich to qualify?
ND ballot initiative on upper limit on age of candidates
North Dakotans are voting on this initiative today. Will they vote yes on disallowing anyone who would turn 81 years old at the end of the office’s term? We’re told that getting the requisite number of signatures was easy.
June declared Suicide Prevention Month
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