Wyoming Politics

Legislative leaders in Wyoming voted Tuesday to hold two swearing-in ceremonies for new lawmakers, one that will follow public health orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and one that won’t.

Eight people have submitted applications for a vacant House seat after Gillette Republican Rep. Roy Edwards died from COVID-19 on Nov. 2, the day before the general election.

Two Republican lawmakers will compete on Saturday to determine which one will become the next speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives.

Wyoming’s new U.S. senator-elect, Cynthia Lummis, and top Wyoming elected officials refused to say Friday if they agreed with President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to steal the presidential election.

Republican former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis was elected to an open U.S. Senate seat while Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney won a third term in Wyoming’s first election with women as the major party congressional candidates.

Voters for the first time will decide Tuesday between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming – two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and two lesser-known Democrats seeking to win by upset in the GOP-dominated state.

General election voting is underway in Wyoming.

Wyoming lawmakers are discussing whether to end a tax break on new wind energy projects.

Women are all but guaranteed to claim a majority of Wyoming’s congressional delegation for the first time after voters picked four – two Republicans and two Democrats – to compete for U.S. Senate and House seats in November.

Rapper and music producer Kanye West’s campaign ran into trouble with the law Tuesday on his first day of trying to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of Wyoming.

wo well-funded Republican candidates with past experience in federal office face several little-known challengers, while an usually large number of Democrats are seeking nomination for U.S. Senate and House in Wyoming’s primary Tuesday.

Two well-known and well-funded candidates dominate a dozen Republicans while a bigger-than-usual field of Democrats seek nomination for the U.S. Senate and House in Wyoming’s primary Tuesday.

Wyoming elections officials say they have no plans to move the date of the primary election in August but are looking at how to protect voters and poll workers from the coronavirus.

The Wyoming Legislature will likely hold its first special session in over 15 years to allocate emergency federal funding to address the coronavirus pandemic and possibly other matters, House Speaker Steve Harshman said.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has approved a tax cut for oil and gas producers that would take effect if low prices for the commodities persist.

Wyoming’s governor on Friday vetoed a bill that would’ve required doctors to provide lifesaving care to infants born after an attempted abortion.

The Wyoming Legislature has failed to agree on funding $126 million in construction projects requested by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon despite negotiations.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has recommended providing $400,000 to fund an in-state call center for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Election officials in a western Wyoming county say they’ve counted 77 absentee ballots they overlooked on Election Day.