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Fred Harrison: The Stolen Veto " How Wyoming Voters Can Take Back Our Courts
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (647+ words) Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Increasingly, after the votes are counted and the laws are passed, those laws are quietly erased. Not by the voters, and not by the legislature. They are vetoed by unelected lawyers wearing black robes." Imagine you…...
Fred Harrison: Triad of Overreach " How Judicial Activism Dismantled The American Family
1+ week, 3+ day ago (865+ words) Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "This month, as Cheyenne Pride Week kicks off, the state capital fills with vibrant banners. Yet, underneath the festivities lies a quiet, undeniable anxiety shared by citizens across Wyoming: the foundational fabric of our society is…...
When Frontiersman OP Hanna Stopped A Lynch Squad From Hanging A Man For A Killing A Mule
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1359+ words) Oliver Perry "O. P" Hanna " pioneer, Indian fighter, frontiersman and first settler in Sheridan County " was 30 years old when law and order came to Buffalo, Wyoming." He related just what these changes meant for the future state of Wyoming in his…...
Attorney Asks Wyoming Supreme Court For Special Prosecutor To Investigate Chuck Gray
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1032+ words) A Cheyenne-based attorney who filed a complaint calling for a criminal investigation against Secretary of State Chuck Gray for releasing sensitive voter data to the federal government, asked the Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday to appoint a special prosecutor to…...
Judge Orders Wyoming Republican Party To Follow State Law
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1681+ words) In a setback to the Wyoming Republican Party's long mission to gain independence from state law, a Uinta County judge Friday upheld multiple Wyoming election laws, dismissing the state Party's claims that its rights trump them. Wyoming laws governing which…...
Fred Harrison: The Authentic Family " How Courts, State Diminished The Human Person
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (847+ words) Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "In 1960, just 5. 3 percent of children were born out of wedlock. Today, non-marital births hover at 40 percent, and a quarter of American children grow up without a father " driving poverty, crime, and generational trauma." We live in…...
Scott Clem: Pride, Principle, And Who's Really Pulling The Strings
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1046+ words) Psalm 75 warns the proud not to "speak with your head held so high," reminding us that God alone "brings one down and exalts another." Luke echoes the same truth: the mighty are brought down from their thrones, and the lowly…...
Letter To The Editor: Democracy Is Disappearing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (381+ words) Dear editor: Our great constitutional government creates checks and balances, but our entire congressional delegation is convinced " somehow " to stay quiet and go along with one man and all his strange delusions. Remember when we recognized that differences of opinion…...
Scott Clem: What's Changed In My Politics
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (961+ words) Columnist Scott Clem writes, "At the GOP convention, a sweeping set of bylaw changes was pushed through under rules that silenced debate. They were crafted to concentrate power in a small committee and the larger body was expected to rubber'stamp…...
Gail Symons: Wyoming Teens Leave No Excuse For Civics Ignorance
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (795+ words) Columnist Gail Symons writes, "The standard Wyoming sets for its youth is high. It's time the rest of us matched it; not only in knowledge, but in the courage to show up, speak up, and take part. Oh, and these…...