Barrasso writes: Once again, the president has sided with the radical left to choke off American energy production. This latest move is through a process called “sue and settle.”
Barrasso writes: The United States has vast uranium resources, including here in Wyoming. Currently, more than 90% of the uranium we use in America is imported.
A group of experienced lawmakers lectured a new colleague after he pushed a pledge to change Wyoming elections.
Barrasso writes:For generations, coal from Wyoming has powered America’s economy.
Dear Wyomingites, Thank you to the Editor for allowing a response to an editorial from our elected Superintendent of Public Instruction criticizing the Legislative proposal to provide grants to students dealing with COVID-19 in higher education. I was singled out in that Editorial so I felt …
Barrasso writes:It’s crucial for Wyoming and for the entire country that we modernize our nuclear industry.
Hageman writes:Considering how our world has changed since February, we no longer have the luxury of allowing a select group of regulators, lawyers, lobbyists, consultants and green groups to use NEPA to dictate the future prosperity of this country.
In Casper we are fortunate to live where we do. All around us are wide-open spaces, welcoming neighbors, locally owned businesses, scenic views and experiences that remind us that this place is unlike any other. And while these assets are something we see and experience every day, they play …
Bebout writes:
Let’s stop the negative assertions about our Wyoming Legislature and look for ways all of us can work together as Wyoming citizens to sustain our state’s industries.
These are extraordinarily challenging times for the nation’s hospitals and health-care workers.
CHEYENNE —The state is expecting a huge crowd July 10 for the opening of the renovated Capitol Building.
CHEYENNE — Public health officials thought the highly contagious childhood disease of measles was essentially eradicated in the early 2000s.
Early in my 2018 campaign for U.S. Senate, I found myself beside a rack of shotguns in Wheatland, where a father told me that his son had been diagnosed with diabetes. The father was on Medicaid and disability. He had no insurance for his son, and during the last ten years the price of insul…
CHEYENNE — It’s been intriguing to watch how other states handle their ballot initiatives.
Last week I flew to Washington to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing examining how new federal data privacy rules will affect small businesses in Wyoming.
As a Navy veteran, I’m familiar with the heavy responsibilities and costs of making war. As an elected official sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, I’m also mindful that our Founding Fathers constitutionally authorized Congress to declare war, and Congress alone.
CHEYENNE — What does the word “obtain” mean to you?
CHEYENNE — Wyoming has two celebrations that will lure tourists to the state this year.
The lead article on the front page of the Casper Star-Tribune on March 22 reported on the comments of Governor Gordon at a press conference a day earlier. We learned that the Governor was assigning the Endow Committee appointed by Governor Mead to study diversification of Wyoming’s economy, …
Despite recent criticism from the Casper Star editorial board, Governor Gordon is off to a good start, having handled this legislative session quite swimmingly. It is mind-numbing how many special interest groups, media outlets and lobbyists put pressure on Wyoming politicians in an attempt …
CHEYENNE — Years ago, Wyoming had no women’s prison and had none since statehood.
CHEYENNE — A video titled “Master Plan for Belvoir Ranch” is a tantalizing professional promotion of the city-owned ranch west of Cheyenne.
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The Wyoming GOP listed its three top priorities during our most recent legislative session as eliminating “party raiding” in primaries, requiring that the weight and gestation of aborted fetuses be recorded in a public record and defeating a bill to raise state revenue through a retail tax. …
Why is it that a TV sold by national retail stores is the same price in Seattle, Washington, Morris Plains, New Jersey, and Casper, Wyoming, or for that matter, how about a hamburger, a cup of coffee or a tube of toothpaste?
CHEYENNE — During the recent legislative session, I had been following a handful of bills I favored. Sadly, few of them passed.
As the General Session of the 65th Wyoming Legislature comes to a close, there will be many commentaries and conversations regarding the session and work of lawmakers. Discussions over which bills succeeded and which ones failed and how much was saved versus spent will no doubt dominate the …
CHEYENNE — In late the 1970s, with the coal boom in the Powder River Basin growing, Gov. Ed Herschler pushed for a new program.
I have been a hunter all of my life. My father, who instilled in me a deep and abiding love of the outdoors, was my hero and my mentor. He’s the reason I now spend so much of my time working with young people who are interested in hunting or conservation. We are blessed in Wyoming with some …
Over the last several years, economic development and diversity has been a stated priority across state and local government. At the same time, lawmakers in Cheyenne have an obligation to ensure we are addressing our funding shortfall and delivering a balanced budget. These two goals are not…
CHEYENNE — The failure of two bills in particular during this soon-to-be-ended legislative session was unfortunate.