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Wyoming Governor seeks rehearing after State Supreme Court strikes down 2023 Abortion Bans

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is calling for an immediate rehearing and a constitutional amendment after the state Supreme Court struck down two 2023 abortion bans on Tuesday, Jan. 6. In a 4-1 decision, the high court ruled that the state’s “Life is a Human Right Act” (HB 152) and its ban on chemical abortions (SF 109) violate the Wyoming Constitution.

“Although we recognize the State’s interest in protecting the life that an abortion would end, we conclude the State did not meet its burden of justifying the abortion statutes’ restrictions on a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, as is expressly protected by the Wyoming Constitution,” wrote Chief Justice Boomgaarden in the opinion.

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Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis announces retirement, will not seek re-election in 2026

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced Friday that she will not seek re-election in 2026, retiring at the end of her first term in the Senate. The 71-year-old veteran of Wyoming politics cited the physical and mental demands of the office.

In a heartfelt statement, the Senator described her tenure as “an incredible honor,” noting that representing the people of Wyoming has remained her “one-and-only priority.”

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

By Maeve Reston, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney told Arizona voters on Wednesday that they will play a critical role in “ensuring the future functioning of our constitutional republic” — warning that election deniers like GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem could put the republic at risk. The three-term

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Liz Cheney says Russian strike on Ukraine train station that killed civilians ‘clearly is genocide’

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Daniella Diaz and Katie Bo Williams, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming on Sunday said Russia’s missile strike on an eastern Ukraine railway station last week that killed dozens of civilians “clearly is genocide.” “I think that Europe needs to understand and grapple with the fact that you’ve got a genocidal

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