This legislative session was an embarrassment. Reasonable people questioned why Gov. Gordon signed the 25% property tax reduction bill without a backfill. Simply put, he wants the cabal Freedom Caucus to own 100% of the pain they will inflict on county and school budgets. Former representative Mark Jennings (a member of the Freedom Caucus) testified for the reduction. Mr. Jennings, who does…

Wyoming legislators who passed the state’s latest anti-abortion bill and made it law by overriding Gov. Mark Gordon’s veto hid behind false claims that they are making women safer and treating them with compassion. If they really want to accomplish that, lawmakers will stop interfering with a woman’s state constitutional right to make…

The Wyoming Legislature considered two different bills on Wednesday that take new approaches in trying to ban abortions. The Legislature passed two separate bans on most forms of abortion in 2022 and 2023 but both are currently being held up in court. The bills considered Wednesday take a new approach to the topic by seeking…

Anti-abortion Wyoming legislators who were the first in the nation to approve a bill banning all medication abortions changed their strategy this year after a state district court in November rejected their work as unconstitutional. They didn’t bother sponsoring any bills to challenge the ruling, which found the ban violated residents’ right to…

A bill that would significantly alter the way abortions are performed in Wyoming advanced through a state House committee on Wednesday. House Bill 64, legislation sponsored by House Speaker Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, would require all women planning on getting a prescription-induced abortion in Wyoming — also known as the abortion pill…

Abortion remains legal in Wyoming after a district court judge last month ruled that state laws banning the procedure were unconstitutional, but that doesn’t mean legislators won’t find other end-arounds to put more regulations on abortions. State Rep. Martha Lawley, R-Worland, is bringing back her Regulation of Surgical…

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion-rights advocates in Wyoming have been on the defensive. After Roe’s fall, the Wyoming Legislature’s near-total “trigger” ban was set to go into effect, though it stalled in court. The very next year, it was replaced by another near-total ban and an…

Abortion bans and attempts to restrict reproductive healthcare conflict with Wyoming’s values of freedom and independence. Despite overwhelming support for reproductive freedom, candidates who want to ban abortion keep getting elected. It is an all-hands-on-deck moment for everyone who values personal freedom and bodily…

CHEYENNE – Wyoming United for Freedom has announced Marcie Kindred as its new communications director and field organizer. With her extensive background in advocacy and grassroots organizing, Kindred is well-positioned and mobilizing volunteers throughout the state, the organization said in a news release. "Wyomingites have…