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GOP blasts White House request to boost fracking study funds

April 30, 2013

The GOP criticized an Obama administration request for additional funds in an ongoing fracking study into the practice’s health and safety consequences.

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Why is the GOP so willing to throw people out of work?

March 5, 2013

Sen. John Barrasso says the president is trying to scare Americans about sequester cuts, but it’s the GOP’s plan we should fear.

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When a fiscal conservative is too good to be true

January 29, 2013

Cheyenne loves Department of Health Director Tom Forslund’s data, but fights to escape his conclusions.

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What’s in store for Wyoming energy?

November 9, 2012

Obama’s reelection has Wyoming’s government and energy industry leaders questioning what his administration is planning for energy production in his second term.

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Wyoming went big for Romney, GOP increased dominance at home

November 9, 2012

Wyoming voters gave modest increases to the Republican Party in the state legislature while strongly supporting Mitt Romney.

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Gun advocates made gains, but still factor in election

October 30, 2012

Obama’s election boosted the cause of gun-rights advocates — and the business of gun builders and retailers — complicating his path towards reelection.

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ALEC Model Bill Group Triggers Calls for Transparency

October 16, 2012

WyoFile contributor Gregory Nickerson analyzes the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in state policy positions.

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Who is contributing to the candidates?

October 12, 2012

WyoFile takes a look at the top 100 donors funding the campaigns of Wyoming’s congressional representatives, as well as the top in-state donors to Barack …

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Moving On Up

October 9, 2012

Greg Kearney pays tribute to Joe Meyer, the recently deceased treasurer of Wyoming.

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Wyo. Republican and Democratic parties on a bumpy ride

September 11, 2012

While Wyoming Dems struggle to compete, Wyoming Republicans are dealing with accounting problems and in-party challenges.

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Wyoming GOP energy plan: full-throttle domestic production

August 28, 2012

Wyoming GOP energy plan: full-throttle domestic production
An oil pipeline in Jefferson County, Texas. Republicans in Wyoming and the federal government have recently rolled out a …

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One Direction

August 17, 2012

If you ask Greg Kearney, Wyoming’s political spectrum sticks to one color and one color only.

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Eating Crow?

by The Sage Grouse May 24, 2012 May 24, 2012

CROW worries, correctly, that candidates who run as Republicans are really not clones of Cotton Mather. In many counties in this state if you want …

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Hot Flash Rush

by The Sage Grouse March 13, 2012 March 13, 2012

Hey Rush: don’t I remember you had a hydrocodone dependence problem? I bet the pills and the rehab, unsuccessful, were covered by health insurance. And …

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Societal Meltdown

by The Sage Grouse January 17, 2012 January 17, 2012

Societal Meltdown
Remember the shockingly sudden loss of civility during the debate over reform of what everyone knows is a failed health care system; loud, rude …

The Pitch

LSO adds redistricting page

May 6, 2011

LSO adds redistricting page
This year Wyoming legislators will redraw the boundaries of areas from which representatives are elected to the legislature, and the process should …