Week of April 17, 2025
Week of April 17, 2025
After a contentious year in the Wyoming Legislature, representatives from Sweetwater County continued some of the session's main debates back at home. Sweetwater County's legislators participated in a Legislative Recap Panel hosted by the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce at Young at Heart Community Center last Thursday night. Legislators Laura Taliaferro Pearson, Bob Davis, Marlene Brady, John Kolb, Darin McCann, Scott Heiner, Cody Wylie, Stacy Jones and J.T. Larson all took part in the panel,...
Last week, the Green River Lady Wolves Softball team hosted the Torrington Trailblazers and the Wheatland Bulldogs. Their first game was a conference game against Torrington on Friday. Torrington managed to get on the board early with one run in the top of the first inning, but Green River responded well with two runs of their own in the bottom of the first. After that, the Lady Wolves continued to play well and steadily built their lead up, scoring in nearly every inning and never giving...
Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed to AARP that beginning April 14, they will allow all claim types to be completed over the telephone as they previously had been. This includes Retirement, Survivors, and Auxiliary (Spouse or Child) benefits that SSA previously announced would require in-person identity proofing, in addition to Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and SSI. AARP had strongly opposed this decision from the start, arguing that it unduly burdens older...
The judiciary holds too much power and Congress should curb its authority, Wyoming's federal delegation argued in response to Equality State lawyers and retired judges who called on them to defend "American Rule of Law" from attacks by President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk. In an April 11 letter, Rep. Harriet Hageman and Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis said the federal judiciary has drawn scrutiny on itself. "Unelected judges imposing their policy biases on our nation...
With new nationwide requirements on the horizon involving Real IDs, including needing a Real ID for flights in the future, the Wyoming Department of Transportation is reminding Wyoming residents that their driver's license and identification cards are Real ID compliant. "Real ID credentials have a star in the right-hand corner," WYDOT explained in a press release. "In 2019, a black star replaced the gold star on Wyoming credentials, but they still meet Real ID requirements." A Real ID compliant...
Soda ash giant WE Soda has cut 48 jobs from its southwest Wyoming trona operations, including 32 salaried management positions and 16 contract positions, the company said Monday. The move follows the trona operator's purchase of competitor Genesis Alkali on Feb. 28. "Post-acquisition, consolidations were needed for some salaried management positions to achieve efficiency, reduce redundancy and to strengthen the existing hourly workforce," WE Soda Vice President of Human Relations JoAnna DeWald...
The five-week pause on abortions at Wellspring Health Access will continue for now. A judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether to temporarily halt enforcement of new state regulations that forced the Casper clinic to stop providing abortions in late February. But at the hearing's conclusion, state Judge Thomas Campbell said he would issue a forthcoming written decision rather than ruling from the bench. In the meantime, Wellspring will continue to refer patients seeking abortions to...
Living in Wyoming, we don’t ask for much from our government. More freedom. Less regulation. But something that always makes the top of the list is a system that ensures our votes count. In short, the integrity of our elections forms the bedrock of our nation’s trust in our republic. This is why basic, common-sense election integrity reforms, including safeguards to ensure that only United States citizens, and only Wyomingites, are voting in our elections, are so important. And it is for this reason that Congress’s recent reintroduction...
On Friday, April 4, Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis voted against an amendment that would have blocked the federal government from selling public lands to help fund the budget. Wyoming Democratic Party has released the following statement: Senators Barrasso and Lummis’ votes to leave Wyoming’s public lands on the auction block are a slap in the face to the voters they are supposed to represent. Wyomingites spend more time on our public lands than residents of any other state. These lands aren’t just beautiful, they’re...
