Wyoming Politics Archives

Barrasso sworn in as Senate Majority Whip

January 3, 2025 3:22 PM Tucker Robertson

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) was officially sworn into the United States Senate to continue serving Wyoming in the 119th Congress.…

Wyoming Presidential Election: Donald Trump declared winner of the Cowboy State

November 5, 2024 7:05 PM Tucker Robertson

WYOMING (KIFI) – Donald J. Trump was declared winner for the Presidential race in Wyoming. The State of Wyoming has three Electoral votes and has…

Senator John Barrasso wins reelection in the Wyoming Senatorial race

November 5, 2024 7:03 PM Tucker Robertson

John Barrasso the incumbent and Republican candidate for US Senate in Wyoming has been…

Wyoming incumbents Barrosso and Hageman win GOP primaries for Senate and House

August 20, 2024 8:17 PM Associated Press

Wyoming Republican primary voters opted Tuesday to stick with long-serving U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the first-term…

No special legislative session for Wyoming

April 1, 2024 11:19 AM Stephanie Lucas

The Wyoming Legislature will not hold a special legislative session this…

Gov. Gordon vetoes abortion restrictions, signs transgender medical care ban for minors

March 22, 2024 12:01 PM Associated Press

Governor Gordon signed SF0099 – Children gender change prohibition Friday, which bans physicians from performing procedures for children related to…

Gov. Gordon signs 4 bills expanding, extending property tax relief

March 22, 2024 10:00 AM News Team

Reflecting his call for fair and equitable property tax relief made in his State of the State speech, Governor Mark Gordon signed four bills…

Gordon signs bills creating Wyoming adult hearing aid program and supporting early childhood centers

March 21, 2024 12:28 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon signed seven bills into law…

Gov. Gordon signs 5 bills, vetoes 1 bill

March 18, 2024 4:09 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on six bills…

Gordon vetoes bills to ‘prevent legislature from overstepping authority and creating confusion for public’

March 15, 2024 3:12 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on 18 bills…

Gov. Gordon took action on 11 bills Friday

March 11, 2024 11:34 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on 11 bills on Friday, March 8.…

Gov. Gordon vetoes bill he said could hurt charter schools, public education system

March 8, 2024 1:11 PM News Team

Governor Gordon issued his first veto of the 2024 Legislative Session…

Wyoming Sen. Barrasso will run for No. 2 spot in GOP leadership, narrowing race to replace McConnell

March 5, 2024 9:49 AM Associated Press

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he will run for the No. 2 spot in the…

Gov. Gordon signs first bills of 2024 Legislative session

March 1, 2024 4:06 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon signed the first bills of the 2024 Legislative session at the Capitol…

Wyoming starts selecting presidential delegates Saturday. But there’s not a statewide election

February 23, 2024 2:43 PM Associated Press

Although the South Carolina primary has been the focal point of the GOP presidential nomination fight for much of the last month, it’s not the only…

Bobbi Barrasso, wife of Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, has died after a fight with brain cancer

January 25, 2024 12:24 PM Associated Press

Bobbi Barrasso, a former U.S. Senate staffer and the wife of Republican Sen. John Barrasso, has died after a two-year struggle with brain cancer. She…

Wyoming Supreme Court seat filled

January 20, 2024 11:00 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Robert Jarosh to the Wyoming Supreme Court.…

Wyo. Senator Lummis endorses Trump for president

January 12, 2024 10:12 AM News Team

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement Friday announcing her endorsement in the 2024 Presidential…

Wyoming Stable Token Commission launches search for Executive Director

July 29, 2023 12:00 PM News Team

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission, which was established by the passage of Senate Enrolled Act 85 – Wyoming Stable Token Act, is now accepting…

Liz Cheney memoir ‘Oath and Honor’ coming in November

April 18, 2023 12:07 PM Associated Press

Former Rep. Liz Cheney has a memoir and a “warning” coming out this…

WYDOT Interim Director appointed

March 27, 2023 11:19 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Darin Westby Interim Director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation.…

Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect

March 22, 2023 4:42 PM Associated Press

A judge has temporarily blocked Wyoming’s new abortion…

Judge to consider allowing abortions to resume in Wyoming

March 22, 2023 9:25 AM Associated Press

A judge will hear arguments Wednesday over whether abortions will be allowed in Wyoming while a sweeping new ban gets challenged in her court.…

Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming

March 21, 2023 6:20 PM Associated Press

Abortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new abortion pill ban from taking…

Gordon outlines strategy for healthcare improvement

March 21, 2023 2:25 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon’s Health Task Force has worked to make recommendations on strengthening Wyoming’s healthcare workforce and examining ways to…

Wyoming bans transgender youth from girls’ sports teams

March 20, 2023 2:28 PM Associated Press

Wyoming has become the 19th state to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls’ or women’s sports teams after the Republican governor opted not…

Wyoming outlaws abortion pills

March 18, 2023 1:33 PM CNN Newsource

As the fight over abortion pills heats up nationally, Wyoming on Friday prohibited the medication in what NARAL Pro-Choice America called a “first of…

Gordon vetoes bill he says would have confused voters

March 17, 2023 2:43 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon exercised his veto authority on Senate File 131- Prohibition on delivery of unsolicited ballot forms Friday.…

Gov. Gordon takes action on 3 bills on Friday

March 10, 2023 4:32 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on 3 bills on Friday, March 10.…

Gov. Gordon announces cabinet change

March 9, 2023 4:48 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon announced Luke Reiner has retired as Director of the Wyoming Department of…

Gov. Gordon to hold public bill signing Thursday

March 8, 2023 2:58 PM News Team

The ceremony is open to the…

Wyoming General Session comes to close Friday

March 3, 2023 3:07 PM News Team

With the sound of the gavel, the Wyoming Legislature wrapped up the 2023 General Session Friday at the State Capitol in…

GOP-sought primary voter restrictions become law in Wyoming

March 3, 2023 11:11 AM Associated Press

Switching political parties to choose the primary in which to vote is about to become more difficult in Wyoming.…

Gov. Gordon to hold public bill signing Thursday

March 2, 2023 9:39 AM News Team

The ceremony is open to the…

Gov. Gordon takes action on 10 bills Tuesday

February 28, 2023 12:02 PM News Team

The ceremony is open to the…

Gordon takes action on 30 bills Monday

February 28, 2023 10:27 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on 30 bills on Monday, Feb. 27.…

Gordon to hold public bill signing Monday

February 27, 2023 11:48 AM News Team

The ceremony is open to the…

Gordon signs supplemental budget with historic savings to keep taxes low

February 25, 2023 9:00 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon signed a supplemental budget that places more than $1 billion in savings, allowing the state to keep taxes low and generate…

Gordon to hold public bill signing Friday

February 24, 2023 9:32 AM News Team

The ceremony is open to the…

Gordon takes action on 8 bills Thursday

February 24, 2023 9:27 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on nine bills on…

Gov. Gordon submits nominees to Wyoming Senate

February 23, 2023 11:00 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon sent the Wyoming Senate his list of nominees for numerous state offices, boards and commissions.…

Gordon signs bill to help advance rare Earth elements mining in Wyoming

February 22, 2023 9:58 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill to advance Wyoming’s leadership on developing rare earth and critical minerals…

Gov. Gordon holds public bill signing Tuesday

February 21, 2023 4:31 PM News Team

The ceremony was open to the…

Gov. Gordon takes action on 1 bill on Friday

February 17, 2023 4:42 PM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon took action on one bill on Friday.…

Gordon’s first bill signing advances mental health care in Wyoming

February 16, 2023 10:26 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon signed the first bills of the 2023 Legislative session during a public signing ceremony at the Capitol…

Gov. Gordon to sign first bills of 2023 Legislative Session

February 15, 2023 9:46 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon will hold a formal bill signing ceremony…

Wyoming governor: ‘Make hay’ and save amid near-$1B surplus

January 11, 2023 2:05 PM Associated Press

Wyoming’s Republican governor is urging state lawmakers to save half of a nearly $1 billion surplus that follows a dramatic turnaround in the state’s…

Wyoming Legislative website provides up-to-date information on 2023 General Session

January 10, 2023 9:38 AM News Team

Wyoming residents are encouraged to use the Wyoming Legislature’s website to track legislation and participate in policymaking during the 2023…

Wyoming Legislature to Convene 2023 General Session Tuesday

January 9, 2023 9:39 AM News Team

The 67th Wyoming Legislature will convene for the 2023 General Session on Tuesday at noon.…

Gov. Gordon sworn in for 2nd term

January 6, 2023 3:23 PM News Team

After taking the oath of office for his second term, Governor Mark Gordon delivered his Second Inaugural…

Wyoming Supreme Court won’t weigh in on abortion ban for now

December 21, 2022 12:22 PM Associated Press

The Wyoming Supreme Court has declined to answer questions involving a lawsuit over the state’s new abortion…

Ide sworn in to represent Senate District 29

December 7, 2022 10:46 AM News Team

sworn in as a member of the 66th Wyoming Legislature on Tuesday in the Senate Chamber of the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.…

Wyoming Legislature’s supplemental budget hearings to begin Thursday

December 7, 2022 10:21 AM News Team

The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) will conduct supplemental budget hearings starting…

Wyoming legislative leadership and committee assignments finalized for 67th Legislature

December 3, 2022 2:00 PM News Team

Members of leadership will be formally confirmed, and newly elected legislators will be sworn-in Jan. 10 beginning at Noon, as provided by the…

Hageman wins Wyoming US House seat after ousting Cheney

November 8, 2022 9:20 PM Associated Press

Republican Harriet Hageman has beaten a Native American activist to win Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S.…

Gordon wins reelection for Wyoming governor

November 8, 2022 9:40 AM Associated Press

Following a frst term fraught with a double dose of crises — the COVID-19 pandemic and crash in oil prices that combined knocked the wind out of…

Hageman faces Grey Bull for US House after beating Cheney

November 8, 2022 9:40 AM Associated Press

The race to choose Wyoming’s next U.S. representative has received a lot less attention since Harriet Hageman beat Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in…

Liz Cheney steps onto the campaign trail — for a Democrat

November 1, 2022 7:10 AM CNN

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Rep. Liz Cheney returned to the campaign trail Tuesday night, receiving a standing ovation more…

Liz Cheney’s PAC airs ad urging Arizona voters to reject GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem

October 28, 2022 9:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Maeve Reston, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is putting money behind her vow to do everything she can to prevent election deniers from winning in…

GOP’s Cheney endorsing Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first

October 27, 2022 9:48 AM Associated Press

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney is expected to endorse and campaign for a Democrat, congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.…

Rep. Liz Cheney on Trump testimony: He’s ‘not going to turn this into a circus’

October 23, 2022 10:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, said the…

Liz Cheney says January 6 committee will issue Trump subpoena ‘shortly’

October 18, 2022 6:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney said the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol will issue a…

Liz Cheney says electing Arizona GOP nominees for governor and secretary of state could put US at risk

October 5, 2022 6:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Maeve Reston, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney told Arizona voters on Wednesday that they will play a critical role in “ensuring the future…

Wyoming flag be flown half staff at Capitol and in Teton County Friday

October 5, 2022 10:00 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon has ordered the Wyoming State Flag be flown at half staff at the Capitol in Cheyenne and in Teton County from sunrise to sunset…

Liz Cheney says she will not remain a Republican if Donald Trump is GOP nominee in 2024

September 25, 2022 5:12 AM CNN

Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney said at The Texas Tribune festival Saturday that if former President Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party’s nominee…

Liz Cheney in 2024? Deep skepticism emerges in key states

August 29, 2022 9:52 AM Associated Press

As the sun set in Wyoming, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney described her blowout loss as the beginning of a more consequential step in her political career.…

Cheney ponders 2024 bid after losing Wyoming GOP primary

August 17, 2022 9:37 AM Associated Press

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about considering a 2024 presidential campaign after soundly losing a Republican primary…

6 takeaways from primaries in Wyoming and Alaska

August 17, 2022 10:08 AM CNN Newsource

Here are six takeaways from Tuesday’s contests in Wyoming and…

Trump foe Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming GOP primary

August 16, 2022 8:27 PM Associated Press

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed…

Gov. Gordon wins Wyoming GOP primary in bid for 2nd term

August 16, 2022 9:06 PM Associated Press

Mark Gordon wins Republican nomination for governor in Wyoming primary…

Livingston wins Democratic nomination for Wyoming governor

August 16, 2022 9:20 PM Associated Press

Retired U.S. Bureau of Land Management employee Theresa Livingston, of Worland, defeated retired cabinetmaker and perennial candidate Rex Wilde, of…

GreyBull wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Wyoming’s at-large Congressional District

August 16, 2022 9:25 PM Associated Press

Lynnette GreyBull won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Wyoming’s at-large Congressional…

Wyoming Primary Election results

August 16, 2022 7:26 PM News Team

View Wyoming Primary Election results…

Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska

August 16, 2022 7:25 PM Associated Press

Polls closed across Wyoming Tuesday night as Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, fought to…

Several statewide offices contested in Wyoming GOP primary

August 16, 2022 11:08 AM Associated Press

Here’s a look at the races for Wyoming’s five statewide elected…

6 things to watch in Wyoming and Alaska elections

August 16, 2022 10:17 AM CNN Newsource

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign to purge the Republican Party of his opponents could reach its most dramatic moment of the 2022 midterm…

Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska

August 16, 2022 9:55 AM Associated Press

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on…

What to watch: Cheney in trouble while Palin eyes comeback

August 15, 2022 9:57 AM Associated Press

Elections in Wyoming and Alaska on Tuesday could relaunch the political career of a former Republican star and effectively end the career of another…

Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as focus shifts to 2024

July 22, 2022 9:45 AM Associated Press

Three weeks before the most significant election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be seen as thousands of voters gathered for a…

Cheney presses primary foe on Trump’s false election claim

July 1, 2022 10:06 AM Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol insurrection dominated Thursday’s debate in Wyoming among U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and her four Republican primary challengers, with…

Cheney to debate Wyoming GOP foes after Jan. 6 hearings

June 30, 2022 9:40 AM Associated Press

Liz Cheney is returning to Wyoming after a busy week of hearing public testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee to debate Republican primary…

‘Will we do our duty?’ Cheney lays her legacy on the line

June 8, 2022 10:13 AM Associated Press

Rep. Liz Cheney has been thinking lately about her great-great-grandfather, a man who fought for the Union in the Civil War, as the House committee…

Cheney says January 6 attack was part of a ‘well-organized’ conspiracy ahead of prime-time hearing

June 6, 2022 10:29 AM CNN Newsource

Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, has asserted that the attack was…