The 2021 Wyoming legislative session convened remotely on January 12th. Because of Covid-19, the session schedule is unusual, with the first eight-day virtual session adjourning Feb. 5. Committees will start up again on Feb. 22, and the regular session will reconvene in person on March 1. This gives constituents a…
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The Wyoming Legislature is back in session with four days of virtual committee meetings this week and in-person sessions resuming on March 1.. Today the Joint Appropriations Committee met to “consider draft legislation regarding federal funds, state budgeting, state investment administration, IT and community college funding, agency fees, and Veterans’…
Billboard by Wyoming Rising A series of billboards with positive messages will be posted in Cody and Powell this year by Wyoming Rising. Proposal for our summer billboard: Hate is not welcome in Wyoming. The first board will go up March 1 and promotes the idea that the Wyoming environment…
Bookmark our newest page: A Guide to the 2021 Wyoming Legislative Session by Karen Hertel. GUIDE TO THE 2021 WYOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION
SHAPE WY 2021: Organizing for Power. This just came across our desk: Equality State Policy Center’s annual SHAPE Wyoming training starts this month. ESPC is a grassroots organization based in Laramie WY. They strive to promote transparency and accountability in state government, fair elections, and civic engagement. This year they’ve…
Editorial by Ronn Smith, January 2021. The last few months have strained America’s constitutional democracy, which Bill Moyers described as “our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.” Granted, Donald Trump acted within his rights by launching in scattergun fashion scores of legal challenges to the 2020…