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Wyoming U.S. Senator John Barrasso announced Thursday that his wife, Bobbi, has passed away. She battled with brain cancer the last two years.
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Ahead of Iowa’s first in the nation GOP caucuses on Monday, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie dropped out of the contest – but not before taking a jab at Wyoming senior Senator John Barrasso and other Republicans who he calls “cowards.” Wyoming Public Radio correspondent Matt Laslo joined Kamila Kudelska from Washington to discuss.
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As war rages in Ukraine, University of Wyoming student Anastasiia Pereverten has been hard at work half a world away, doing what she can to help her homeland from the United States. This summer, Pereverten went to the nation’s capital, where she met with Senator John Barrasso and others, advocating for continued support to Ukraine. She also interned for a foreign policy think tank, helping to prepare a report on Russia’s genocidal actions in Ukraine, researching conflict-related sexual violence and tallying the financial reparations Russia could owe in the aftermath of its invasion. Pereverten checked in with Wyoming Public Radio’s Jeff Victor about the work she’s been up to.
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The HOUSES Act would allow the sale of federal land to a state or local government, so long as there's a plan in place to build affordable housing there.
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The Wyoming federal delegation is looking to make its mark on Washington. That includes newly sworn-in Congresswoman Harriet Hageman.
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis said she will support the bill, while Sen. John Barrasso said he stands opposed.
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and 46 other Republicans voted for it alongside every Democrat in the House. The bill now heads to the Senate, but Wyoming's two senators won't say whether they'll support it.
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Wyoming has a lot of federal and state land - nearly half of the state is federal public land and the State of Wyoming owns another 5.6 percent. Much of it is scattered and broken up by private land, which can make it difficult to access. But public land access could soon be easier to find thanks to a new bill that Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso is cosponsoring.
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Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso has introduced legislation that aims to clarify the management status of thousands of acres of federal public lands. The lands in question were designated as Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) more than 30 years ago. It was a temporary designation until research was conducted on the land for best use.
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Nearly 30 years ago, Tracy Stone-Manning testified in federal court against eco-saboteurs. Now Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso is calling the BLM nominee an environmental extremist.