League of Women Voters of Wyoming

Because “School districts are one of the few systemic ways you can get information to families,” schools can and should prepare to help.  The federal legislation passed after the Uvalde, TX shooting helps schools help their students.   The Bipartisan

This article reminds us that the US House seats more than 435 elected representatives from the 50 states.  It also includes six non-voting seats that respect various agreements made in the 1800s through the early 1900s.  The Cherokee Nation is

Senator Steinmetz withdrew HB87 after an onslaught of public testimony AGAINST this bill.  It will not come up again in the 2023 Session. Some talking points included: misuse:  The statute can easily be misused.  Why introduce criminal liability when there

HB 152, if passed and signed by the Gov, would supersede the “trigger law” passed in 2022. That legislation is currently in Court over the question of its constitutionality.  Legislators are undecided whether the effort to ban abortions is helped or

Bruce Moats, journalist and lawyer, is all about transparency in government.  He questions whether commissioners or elected board members can go into executive session, at least as often as some do.  Mr. Moats has also been on retainer for the

There are two major thrusts of this bill: creates an independent board to oversee the approval of new charter schools increases state funding of charter schools, both nonprofit and for profit As of July 1, 2022 the State Loan and

Rep. Chip Nieman (R–Hulett) is the Majority Floor Leader, and he is solely responsible for when and if bills are scheduled for a floor vote.  This article describes Rep. Nieman as “thoughtful” as he picks those bills which will have

Since 1978 the Federal ICWA law, all tribal adoptions have priority over non-tribal adoptions.  Before this, 80% of Native families had a child taken and placed elsewhere. SCOTUS will decide on IWCA in June.  Are non-reservation children members of a

Medicaid is 10% of the Federal Budget in 2023.  Whatever money WY doesn’t take isn’t saved somewhere else.  Add your name here to the Better Wyoming list of citizens who want the Medicaid Expansion to be approved this year.  WY