Bill Number: SF190 Bill Name: Election Transparency Issue Summary: SF190 includes several restrictions to our elections, including a reduction to the time people can vote early in person. The current window is 28 days. Currently, SF190 cuts that to 21
LWV Laramie Thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (UUF)
The 40th Annual UUF Chocolate Fiesta on February 8 benefited LWV Laramie, and what a fabulous event it was! Members of Laramie League and the Fellowship produced delicious chocolate treats for public purchase and many folks showed up to buy.
95 bills–27%–went unseen in 2025 House session
There was much talk during the 2024 session about the bills “dying” in the speaker’s drawer. The 95 bills halted this session is higher than the sum of the bills halted in 2024 and 2023. The 2025 committee bills (those
Chair Ed. Comm. favors extremes: food truck boycott threatened
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.
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.