The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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CASPER — A new legislator is set to bring a bill banning sanctuary cities and counties in Wyoming to the 2025 General Session in January. The freshman representative, Joel Guggenmos, R-Riverton, confirmed to the Star-Tribune that he would be the primary sponsor of the bill. Bills banning sanctuary cities have popped up most years in the legislature, but immigration advocates are worried that these types of bills have a real chance of becoming law next year as the hardline Freedom Caucus now makes up a majority in the House of R...
CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday passed final rules for the Powder River Basin stating that more than 413,000 acres of land are to be blocked off from new federal coal leasing. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon blasted the decision and stated that he will seek to have the decision reversed — even through litigation. The revision of the rules began following a court order that directed the BLM to conduct a new environmental analysis that included no new coal leasing and limited coal leasing as options. The decision to end new fed...
