Wyoming Stories
Lawmakers — and the public and press — have had their hands full tracking some 555 pieces of legislation this session. For some, all those bills present more opportunities for the best ideas to win. For others, the sheer quantity makes it hard to shape well-thought-out policies.
Caitlin Tan
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Wyoming Public Media
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Paleontologists collaborated with members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe to honor the fact that the dinosaur was found on the tribe’s ancestral lands. We hear how the project braided together two different ways of knowing from an Eastern Shoshone elder and a research scientist. -
The Trump administration is moving quickly to reduce the government workforce. Federal workers with connections to Wyoming speak about how they’re impacted by the layoffs. -
After House lawmakers amended SF 69 last week to make the property tax cuts more targeted for individual counties, they voted to undo those changes this week and bring it closer to its original language.
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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse. -
Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. -
The tech titan and President Trump say they will avoid any conflicts of interest, but it's difficult for the public to verify that. -
An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on the minds of German voters. The far-right AfD is polling in second place.
