Wyoming News

Tenth Amendment Center reports: This week, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed House Joint Resolution 2 , claiming "sovereignty on behalf of the State of Wyoming and for its citizens under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government or reserved to ...

Approximately 750 million tons of carbon dioxide could be sequestered in southwestern Wyoming's Rock Springs Uplift over a 50-year period, according to a strategy detailed in a new Wyoming State Geological Survey publication.

The Wyoming Department of Revenue is warning residents that a Web site that sells tax certificates that purportedly allow buyers to avoid paying sales tax is a scam.

A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations died in the Wyoming State Senate.

Wyoming lawmakers are considering a law that would make firearms made and sold in the state of Wyoming exempt from federal regulations.

The state of Wyoming at 2:30 p.m. Originally published March 3, 2010 at 3:42 p.m., updated March 3, 2010 at 3:47 p.m. If you have questions about stories, call Correspondent Matt Joyce in Cheyenne .

Dave Freudenthal signed the state budget for the biennium that starts July 1. INMATE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: Freudenthal signed a bill requiring that 10 percent of payment for inmate work must go to a savings account for the prisoner until the balance reaches $1,000. The requirement does not apply to prisoners serving a sentence of death or life without ...

An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.

Snow packs throughout southwest Wyoming averaged a little below 60 percent of normal for the second time this year.

The principles of "cowboy ethics" are now part of Wyoming law. Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation Wednesday adopting an official Wyoming state code.

Wyoming Gun Owners Association has announced that HB-95 Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act-2 passed the Wyoming Senates second reading.

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The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted 4-1 on Friday to send each piece of legislation to the floor of the Senate for debate.

The state office charged with managing Wyoming trust lands is taking public comment on its proposed rules for wind development leasing.

The Wyoming Supreme Court has sided with an environmental group that tried to challenge the state's water quality rules but was denied on a technicality.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is scheduled to undergo eye surgery on Monday. Freudenthal's office says the surgery is a routine outpatient procedure on his tear duct.

A report recently released by the Wyoming Department of Health illustrates the growing burden of diabetes in Wyoming.

Some members of the Wyoming Legislature want to instill "cowboy ethics" in state law, lest lawmakers and citizens forget the state's western roots.

An economist says rural areas in Wyoming aren't seeing much improvement in their local economies because they are tied closely to commodities.

The Wyoming Attorney General's Office has succeeded in blocking the Johnson County Commission's attempt to terminate a conservation easement on a ranch east of Buffalo.