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Political Machinations in the Legislature, Part II: The Public Records Bill

Click here to read the first part of this story. The trials and tribulations of SF 25, while of less monetary concern than the ethanol bill, matched all the legislative drama and for some legislators took on a more personal … Continue reading

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Political Machinations in the Legislature, Part I: The Ethanol Subsidy

“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” – Otto Von Bismarck Bismarck, a Prussian statesman credited with unifying Germany (a country with a renowned tubular meat history), likely knew a great deal about both sausage … Continue reading

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Founding Fathers: A Gang of Criminals?

When most people hear the names Benjamin Franklin or James Madison, they think scholars or luminaries.  Oddly enough, if you were to put these very men in today’s political environment, they’d be criminals.  Thank you, Federal Election Commission (FEC). Under … Continue reading

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Open Records Legislation Survives Intact

Senate File 25, a bill designed to refine Wyoming’s open records laws nearly turned into a disaster last week when a group of legislators amended the bill’s language to turn it into a statute restricting public access into government records … Continue reading

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Floundering Wyoming Health Policies Creeping Into Montana

Dr. Hank Gardner, the architect of Wyoming’s fledgling Healthy Frontiers Demonstration Project, as well as several other state-funded health programs in Wyoming, is reportedly eyeing Montana as the next testing ground for his health services projects. According to a Montana … Continue reading

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News: Wyoming Legislature Not Ready to Share the Power of Secrets

Double standard: a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another. Wyoming’s motto is “equal rights.” But mottos do not equal law. And in Wyoming, legislators have rewritten … Continue reading

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Healthy Frontiers: Medicaid Expansion or State Alternative?

The following is the conclusion of a three-part investigative report into the Healthy Frontiers project. Part 1 and Part 2 are also available. As a line item within Wyoming’s overall health spending budget, the Healthy Frontiers Demonstration Project is barely … Continue reading

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Design of Wyoming Health Care Project Remains Secret

The following is the second of a three-part investigative report into the Healthy Frontiers project. Part 1 and Part 3 are also available. (Update 9/30/11) If evidence exists that the Wyoming Healthy Frontiers Demonstration Project can save the state money … Continue reading

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Private Profits Drive Public Health Program

The following is the first of a three-part investigative report into the Healthy Frontiers project.  Part 2 and Part 3 are also available. (Update 9/30/11) In 2010, the Wyoming Legislature approved expansion of the state’s subsidized health care system by … Continue reading

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Public Records and Meetings Compromise Threatened

All indications heading into Wednesday’s Joint Judiciary Interim Committee in Sundance signaled that a compromise between state media and public employees had been reached over the redrafting of Wyoming’s public records and meetings statutes. The representatives of media and local … Continue reading

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