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
Medicaid bills await decision of majority floor leader
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
Foster parents dispute native-first custody
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
Saying ‘yes’ to Medicaid Expansion makes financial sense
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
House corporations comm kills ranked choice voting experiment
WY State House amends HB65, putting funding on 2-year cycle
ARPA funds that can sustain the 988 suicide hotline for another year. What about its future? Some are waiting on WY’s share of new Biden dollars for suicide prevention. Too many preface support on “proof” that the 988 system works.
The surprise premiere of Brett Kavanaugh documentary
At the Sundance Festival opening Thursday the surprise program addition was the film “Justice.” The documentary’s director Doug Liman is known for movies such as “Swingers,” “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow.” The film includes discussions of the
FL blocks the AP course on African American history
The College Board is field-testing a new course on African American Studies in 60 high schools. Delilah Andrews, a Black mother of two children near Orlando, told WESH, the local NBC affiliate station, that the state’s action was disappointing. “It saddens me,