Representative Ocean Andrew represents Albany County, District 46. A seasoned member of the House Education Committee, Andrew is now a first-time chair. Among many issues, he supports teachers without licensing and the Freedom Scholarship, giving every K12 student $7000 yearly.
Voter lists will become shorter when students are erased
FCC Chief investigates NPR & PBS: Do (unlawfully) they air commercials?
PBS and NPR publicize and acknowledge, on air, companies and groups that donate funding. These sources are called underwriters. The FCC rules allow “underwriting announcement” within limits: “… a station can share a sponsor’s name, a general description of what
Laramie Lab School: Legislation in play to retain institution
Former music teacher at the Lab School offers a convincing argument for her opinion that “WY needs a lab school.” Dr. Jennifer Mellizo describes the freedom and trust that the school gave her. She praised the school as (once) a
Gray and County Clerks: accusations about ballot boxes
A Quick Look at yesterday’s Executive Orders
Extending TicToc and pardoning Jan. 6 criminals/hostages are two orders that have had lots of media exposure. The others briefly discussed, not so much. For example, 78 Biden actions, orders, and memoranda have been nullified. The cluster of border orders
2025 Action Alert 1
The League of Women Voters of Wyoming is following and monitoring bills that meet our criteria for priority areas. Elections and Voting Rights is one of them. Today at noon, the legislators will vote to add HB 156 and 157
The Congressional Review Act used in 2018. Again now?
The Congressional Review Act was passed under President Clinton. The law gives an in-coming president considerable latitude to repeal regulations passed in the last 60 days of the previous administration. During the first presidency, Trump used the act 20 times.
1973 at Wounded Knee: Biden pardoned Leonard Peltier
In 1953, the Federal government delisted 100 tribes (the Termination Policy) in an effort to break up reservatios. The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in a jail in 1968, and AIM decided to take their complaints directly to the
Presidential Inauguration Speeches: brief history
Every president has given an inaugural speech. Washington’s speech had seven paragraphs, the second being gratitude and pledges to his God. That aspect has become a trait for all new presidents. Another predictable trait is the hope to unify. These