In their election last month, University of Wyoming (UW) students chose new leadership to represent them. Members of student government both past and present saw this election as a microcosm of the partisan debates and influences now descending on campus ..read more

Wyoming voters will have to navigate some new rules this year. The absentee voting period has shrunk. And crossover voting has been outlawed. That means that if you want to vote in a primary election this year, you’ll have to register as a Republican or Democrat this month before candidate filing begins. Wyoming Public Radio’s Jeff Victor sat down with Albany County Clerk Kayla White to learn what’s different about this year’s election cycle ..read more

Two people announced they are planning to run for the Wyoming House of Representatives seat that includes some of the area between Cody and Yellowstone National Park ..read more

Last week, U.S. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) traveled around the state and held town halls with local communities in Carbon, Fremont, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties. On April 25, she held a forum at the Wind River Hotel and Casino outside of Riverton in collaboration with the Northern Arapaho Tribe ..read more

A federal agency wants to give up management of just under 60,000 acres of land on the Wind River Reservation ..read more

In the last few weeks, the WPR politics team has written stories about interim committees, cloud seeding, a drag show fundraiser in Laramie, and much, much more. How well have you been following the latest political developments in the Cowboy State ..read more

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a federal order to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The highly contagious disease has been detected in dairy cattle in the U.S ..read more

Threats against judges and other court employees have spiked from 28 incidents to 118 in the past four years, according to data provided by the Wyoming Supreme Court. The numbers could be higher, a spokesman for the Wyoming Supreme Court said, but many incidents aren't recorded ..read more

The Sublette County Attorney’s Office released a statement Monday, April 22, on the recent wolf incident in Daniel. This comes after the killing and alleged torture of a wolf by local Cody Roberts in late February has received international attention ..read more

A bill that would incentivize property owners in Wyoming to refurbish abandoned buildings was reconsidered in a Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee meeting on Monday ..read more