Gail Symons shares her excellent essay on the importance of trusting your local, elected clerks. Gail also tells a story about a WY long-time resident to illustrate the discretion that builds trust and encourages voters to show up. Gail then
AmeriCorps “waste”: lobby WY delegation to un-cut
DOGE cancels 2025 NAEP–Nation’s Report Card
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Columbus Day wasn’t missing
A recent executive order aimed to “reinstate” Columbus Day. As before, it falls on the second Monday of October and has never been a federal holiday. Since 2021, this day was decreed to celebrate two groups of early inhabitants. Read
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ND becomes third state to require 60% for constitutional amendments
GOP leadership: election bylaws v. state law
Internal GOP politics have been in the news for many years. Now there’s been a ruling, and party leadership disagrees that state law supersedes party bylaws. The role of the men and women in the precinct is in question, as
YouTube usage to view legislature is up!
Leo Wolfson interviewed three politically active Wyomingites about transparency, who watches sessions and meetings, and why. He starts with an unfortunate comment calling YouTube viewing a “spectator sport” and cites 220,000 page views in 2024. Citizen involvement is so much
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