News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors
AFP-WY Endorses Five Candidates for State House and Senate
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release:
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AFP-WY Endorses Five Candidates for State House and Senate
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CHEYENNE, WY - Americans for Prosperity-Wyoming (AFP-WY) announced its endorsement of five additional candidates for the state House and Senate on Monday, including four non-incumbents.
Through its endorsement of over a dozen non-incumbents for the 2026 election to date, AFP-WY aims to help elect principled n
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Barrasso: Democrats Prepare for Another Shutdown
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release:
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Barrasso: Democrats Prepare for Another Shutdown
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"Senator Schumer has proven he is willing to disrupt travel, delay paychecks, and endanger our national security when he thinks it helps him politically. He may have said on this Floor he wants to avoid a shutdown. His actions signal Democrats are ready to do it again."
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today spoke ab
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Barrasso: Today's Democrat Party is Driven by Extremists
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release:
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Barrasso: Today's Democrat Party is Driven by Extremists
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today spoke at a press conference about the extremists driving today's Democrat Party.
Sen. Barrasso said:
"Today's Democrat Party is driven by extremists. It's the extremists who are winning primary elections. Democrats seem to be determined to destroy America. We have a so
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BLS Issues Report on State Employment and Unemployment June 2026
WASHINGTON, July 21 (TNSLrpt) -- State Employment and Unemployment June 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - (19 pages)
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Unemployment rates were lower in June in 8 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 40 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirteen states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 7 states had decreases, and 30 states and the District had little change. The national unempl
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Climate change made this year's snow drought in the Western U.S. four times more likely, new Colorado School of Mines study finds
GOLDEN, Colorado, July 20 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news:
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Climate change made this year's snow drought in the Western U.S. four times more likely, new Colorado School of Mines study finds
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The severe snow drought that gripped the western United States in this past winter was made four times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by researchers at Colorado School of Mines and published today in the Proceedings of the National Aca
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ICYMI: Lummis Speaks on Senate Floor to Argue for SAVE America Act
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on July 21, 2026:
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ICYMI: Lummis Speaks on Senate Floor to Argue for SAVE America Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) today spoke on the Senate floor urging passage of the SAVE America Act and emphasizing the importance of ensuring that only American citizens vote in American elections.
Click HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-NcRU03K4) to watch Senator Lummis' Senate floor remarks.
Sen. L
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Institute for Justice: Massachusetts Families File Appeal to Supreme Court Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 22 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release:
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Massachusetts Families File Appeal to Supreme Court Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services
BOSTON--Can the government withhold aid from children because of their parents' exercise of a constitutional right? That's the question two Massachusetts families are asking the United States Supreme Court to address in a newly filed petition for certiorari. A Massachusetts
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Liberty Justice Center Wins First Amendment Appeal for Wyoming Doctor Punished for Speaking Out
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Liberty Justice Center issued the following news release:
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Liberty Justice Center Wins First Amendment Appeal for Wyoming Doctor Punished for Speaking Out
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(DENVER, C.O.) -Today, the Liberty Justice Center secured a major First Amendment victory for Dr. Eric Cubin, a Wyoming radiologist removed from the Wyoming Board of Medicine after speaking to state legislators about pending legislation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tent
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Montana State Receives $2.5 Million Grant for Simulation Labs in New Nursing Education Buildings
NEW YORK, July 21 -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust posted the following news release:
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Montana State Receives $2.5 Million Grant for Simulation Labs in New Nursing Education Buildings
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BOZEMAN, MT, July 21, 2026 -Montana State University's (MSU) Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing received a $2.5 million grant this summer that will help outfit state-of-the-art simulation labs at all five of the college's locations.
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. He
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New Bipartisan Research Shows Western Voters Strongly Oppose Selling or Transferring Public Lands
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news:
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New Bipartisan Research Shows Western Voters Strongly Oppose Selling or Transferring Public Lands
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New bipartisan polling commissioned by The Nature Conservancy shows broad, overwhelming support for protecting public lands across the West, with majorities in every state favoring conservation over selloffs or privatization.
The Western Voter Views of Public Lands Issues survey-co
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NRC Issues Environmental Review for DISA Uranium Mine Cleanup License Amendment
WASHINGTON, July 22 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an environmental assessment supporting a proposed license amendment for uranium mine remediation technology operations.
NRC has issued a generic environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed amendment to source materials license SUA-1605 held by DISA Technologies Inc., Casper, Wyoming, concluding that the requested change would not require preparation of an environmental impact statement if si
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PennDOT: Shapiro Administration Invests in Safer, More Reliable School Transportation With More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Train New School Bus Drivers
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued the following news on July 21, 2026:
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Shapiro Administration Invests in Safer, More Reliable School Transportation with More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Train New School Bus Drivers
More than $1.1 million will help 26 school transportation providers train more than 430 school bus drivers across 19 counties.
This is the administration's second investment in school bus safety this year.
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Build $4.6M Behavioral Health Treatment Facility
NEW YORK, July 21 -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust posted the following news release:
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Build $4.6M Behavioral Health Treatment Facility
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ROSEBUD, S.D., July 21, 2026 -The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is planning to build a $4.6 million outpatient behavioral health treatment facility, expanding access for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate to community-led mental health, suicide prevention, crisis intervention and substance use treatment services.
The new 8,4
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Sanford reinvests more than $1B to strengthen rural care
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, July 21 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release:
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Sanford reinvests more than $1B to strengthen rural care
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As the nation's largest rural nonprofit health system, Sanford Health serves communities where patients often face unique challenges, including provider shortages, longer travel distances for care and higher rates of chronic disease. Through investments in subsidized health services, uncompensated care, workforce deve
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Study finds marks in fossilized dinosaur bones may not always be bite marks
LOMA LINDA, California, July 21 -- Loma Linda University Health issued the following news:
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Study finds marks in fossilized dinosaur bones may not always be bite marks
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Excavation of dinosaur fossil bones from a bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation near Lance Creek, Wyoming. Photo by Bethania C. T. Siveiero.
Marks in fossilized dinosaur bones may have several causes ranging from pre-mortem natural causes to postmortem alterations, including bite marks, according to a new s
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Tribal Wolf Advocacy Organization, Conservation Group Renew Call for Banning Wolf Hunting and Trapping to Protect Mollie's Pack
HAILEY, Idaho, July 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release:
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Tribal wolf advocacy organization, conservation group renew call for banning wolf hunting and trapping to protect Mollie's Pack
Mollie's Pack, one of Yellowstone National Park's most well-known and fabled wolf packs, recently was recorded living outside the protective boundaries of the National Park. This development has triggered a fresh call for the states of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana to esta
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WVDEP's REAP Program Awards More Than $56,000 for Litter Control Grants
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 22 -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news:
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WVDEP's REAP Program Awards More Than $56,000 for Litter Control Grants
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's (WVDEP) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) has awarded $56,217.64 in Litter Control Matching Grants to strengthen anti-litter efforts across the state.
Among the 15 recipients for FY2027 are county solid waste authorities,
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