See our post from December 20 to read about the Revenue Committees. Other committees of interest might include Corporations, Education, and Labor, Health & Social Services. To see all the committees for 2023, read more>>>
2023 Revenue Committees
Chair of the House Revenue Committee Steve Harshman (R-Casper) has said that new blood is good on the Senate Revenue Committee and that it’s one thing to sign anti-tax pledges but quite another to govern. The 9-member House Revenue Committee
Always the Vanguard, Intellectually & Politically, Connelly Leaves WY
Upstate NY will surely welcome its native daughter, Cathy Connelly. Dr. Connelly retires from House District 13, and we’ll long remember her cogent and dependable voice. Read more>>>
Culture & Climate Study at ACSD#1
Board Officers were elected: Kim Sorenson(Chair), Beth Bear(V Chair), Janice Marshall(Clerk) & Nate Martin(Treasurer). New Board members–Alex Kassin & Carrie Murthy–also voted. Early item: results of the Fall 2022, Climate Survey. Roughly half of the students feel out-of-place, two-thirds witnessed
Veterans’ Service Recognition Act
Headlines since 2019 have urged readers to do something about deportations of vets. Congress is now trying. The Veterans’ Service Recognition Act H.R. 7946 passed the House yesterday. The bill is backed by American Legion. No one gathers past service data
Laramie College Debt Ratio Ranks High Nationally
UW has one of the lowest tuition rates in the country. This doesn’t mean that WY residents have a low debt ratio, according to a WalletHub survey. ON average, Laramie income is $36,130 and average debt is $21,188. Only 5%
Letter to Editor of Branding Iron: Take a Stand Against Bigotry
On Thursday, December 8,2022, the UW student newspaper published a letter to their editor about the confrontation in the Union Breezeway Friday a week ago. What we had not yet heard was an eye witness account. Now we have with
Watch New Documentary About Rosa Parks
Subscribe to a month of Hulu for $4.99 and watch this Hulu production. Parks paid a price for her activism, including an escape from Montgomery to Detroit to flee public backlash. “We often think of these civil rights leaders as
Could Colleges Make Voting As Popular As Football?
College students attend football games because they are invited, constantly reminded, and surrounded by colorful signs, banners, etc. Could colleges do the same for voting? “It’s very difficult to explain to a college student in 2022 why they can have
Low-income Families Qualify for Free Internet, But How to Apply?
The article suggests that K12 schools are responsible to help families. Online learning as was seen during the worst of covid-19 is not the only reason families depend on the internet. What makes the situation even worse for students