A Town Hall Meeting with David Northrup (HD 50-Powell area), Dan Laursen (HD25-Powell area), and Ray Peterson (SD19-Cowley area) is scheduled for March 14. Northwest College Yellowstone Building auditorium 7PM, Tuesday March 14 Powell WY Wyoming has 37 Senators and 79 Representatives. In the 2017 General Session, 465 bills have been introduced for consideration. Read the bills, find the committees who are sponsoring them, and…
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Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Task Force March 8th-10th – Governor Matt Mead’s Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Task Force is meeting in Cody at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Governor Meed has announced a new initiative to promote the outdoor recreational industry in Wyoming this year. The Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources will work with private and public stakeholders to develop recommendations to…
Point #3. Show up. And you have! In the six weeks since the Inauguration, an impressive number of Wyoming citizens have gathered to form Wyoming Rising. Nearly 400 people from Park County, Wyoming are joining to build a network in support of an active and informed citizenry. A bit of background: Several weeks of planning by a handful of concerned women in Powell laid the…
The radicals in Congress are wasting no time passing the most horrendous bills seen in decades while America’s eyes are on Russia. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) are sending bills to President Trump’s desk that embody the most dangerous aspects of radical right-wing ideology. Here are the nine worst bills to keep an eye on: 1. H.R. 861: To terminate the…
Representatives for Sens. Mike Enzi, John Barrasso, and Rep. Liz Cheney, will hold listening sessions at the Cody City Hall at 8:30 to 9:30 and Powell City Hall from 10:30 to 11:30 on March 2nd. These are questions that Wyoming Rising members will be bringing to the meeting. Please feel free to print this and bring along. Choose one or two of these questions to…
Point #2. JOIN! JOIN! JOIN!: We all know it’s time for all of us to be part of a greater whole, so let’s actually physically sign up online and JOIN some of our great national and regional advocacy groups. Consider joining national groups such as Planned Parenthood, ACLU, The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Black Lives Matter, Brand New Congress, ERA Action. Move On,…