League of Women Voters of Wyoming

Nationally, there has been pressure to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Although it is not yet a federal holiday, several municipalities, including Jackson, now recognize this day. The event is hosted in Jackson by the Wind River Community

For months we’ve read about the gravel pit outside Casper, and the community outrage caused.  Carolyn Griffith sums up part of that outrage when she testified in Cheyenne:  “As my neighbors … have become aware of the [limited mining operations]

The case started with a 2021 memo from AG Garland that set up meetings with state and local law enforcement in an effort to discourage threats of violence and possibly prosecute when necessary.  Parents challenged the policy on 1st Amendment

The above lithograph honors the day that the 15th Amendment became law (was ratified). There has always been some group pushing to broaden suffrage.  Still, the voting population and the range of ballot issues are not as imagined by the

After listening to anecdotes about how much more WY teachers can make going out-of-state, the committee approved the recommendation for this temporary funding increase by 11-1.  There will also be shifts in some spending, so the total funding increase would

SCOTUS retained at least two cases of interest to educators:  transgender rights and the E-rate program.  Two educational cases that were not retained:  barring public funding to religious schools and 2021 protests at school board meetings.  In the first case,

The BLM Western Solar Plan would increase the availability of public land use for solar projects by as much as 31 million acres across 11 western states.  Rep. Hageman sees this plan as a means to advantage renewable energies.  To

Until 2022, ghost guns were not regulated.  They didn’t have serial numbers, and their sales records were not kept.  The ghost guns surged in use, and the federal government changed the rules to deal with ghost guns in the same