Legislature

Furphy, a Laramie native, graduated from both Laramie High School and the University of Wyoming.

State defendants assert the laws were a response to complaints from legislators’ constituents about trespassers entering their land to collect resource data to submit to state and federal land-use agencies.

Legislators and Secretary of State officials will discuss Wyoming's laws about shell corporations and registered agents at an interim committee meeting in May.

Nicholas, 61, made the announcement Thursday morning from his law office in Laramie's historic Charles E. Blair house.

Brown says voters continue to send fewer moderate representatives to speak for them, opting instead for more extreme conservatives.

“I really didn’t like the editorial in the Boomerang the other day because I think it really shortchanged what we accomplished,” says Brown.

Lawmakers did not approve funding pay raises for UW or state employees.

The bill now goes to the desk of Governor Matt Mead, who is expected to sign the measure into law Monday.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is making another plea for state lawmakers to expand the Medicaid program, a move that would offer subsidized insurance coverage to about 20,000 low-income adults.

A new report by the nonpartisan group Families USA shows states that have expanded Medicaid coverage are doing better financially and have fewer uninsured workers than non-expansion states. With Wyoming facing an estimated $617 million budget shortfall, many in the Cowboy State are hoping the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) reconsiders expanding Medicaid...

Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, says the idea of cutting K-12 education funding is "absurd." Rothfuss says National Assessment of Educational Progress scores in Wyoming have risen in recent years while scores of other states have generally remained stagnant...

The Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee's decision last week to reject the governor's proposal to expand Medicaid isn't about the money or trusting the federal government, local hospital officials said this week.