Wednesday, February 8th marks the last day for bills to be passed in their house of origin. Afterwards, only bills that have passed the Senate or House of Representatives can be heard in the opposite chamber. The Legislature will be on recess for the week of February 20th. The recess presents a great time to communicate with your Legislators on bills you wish to become law!…
Action Alerts
Riverton Peace Mission: What is Institutional Racism? This Jan 5, Chesie Lee of the Riverton Peace Council is hosting Lilian Zuniga to discuss definitions and the processes of institutional racism. Learn more about the Riverton Peace Mission: https://www.rivertonpeacemission.org/ You can register here: https://www.rivertonpeacemission.org/rpm-zoom-event-jan-5 Citizens’ Climate Lobby Bill Barron, regional director for Citizens Climate Lobby will be in Powell and Cody on Feb 7 and 8…
Message from Nate Martin Healthy Wyoming Check out this graphic. It’s an illustration of how a bill becomes a law in the Wyoming Legislature. If we’re going to expand Medicaid in Wyoming and provide basic healthcare access to 24,000 of our uninsured neighbors, we need the Legislature to pass a bill making it law. Right now, we’re on Step One of that path. We need…
Cody High School is facing more book challenges. This one will take place on June 2 at 4:00 pm in the Board Room at Central Office. The Park County School District’s Educational Resource Complaint Committee (KEC) will be considering The Color Purple by Alice Walker* at 4:15 and How to be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi** at 5:15. The complainant has announced this meeting…
If you’ve been paying attention to the Republican Supreme Court these past few years, you knew the conservative majority was willing to overturn Roe v. Wade. Knowing didn’t make it any easier when we heard yesterday that the Supreme Court has already voted to overturn abortion rights. But there are things we can do. We’ll be looping back with more details about events and calls…
House JOINT RESOLUTION NO. HJ0002 UPDATE 2/16/2022. THIS BILL FAILED IN EARLY VOTING. SEE HOW YOUR LEGISLATORS VOTED HERE: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/HJ0002 A bill has been introduced in the Wyoming Legislature calling for a convention of States to amend the US Constitution under Article V of the Constitution. The Constitution is not easy to amend: only twenty-seven amendments have been added to the Constitution since it was…