Kerry Drake

2 weeks ago | wyomingnews.com | Kerry Drake

I get angry when I think about legislators determined to subvert Wyoming public libraries’ most crucial role — promoting the freedom to read — under the guise of stopping them from supposedly pushing porn on kids. The Joint Judiciary Committee met in Torrington last month, with several members focused on the best way to punish the Wyoming public library system for this nonexistent problem. Rep. Ann Lucas, R-Cheyenne, brought the panel a bag of books from her local library and her own collection.

3 weeks ago | wyofile.com | Kerry Drake

I get angry when I think about legislators determined to subvert Wyoming public libraries’ most crucial role — promoting the freedom to read — under the guise of stopping them from supposedly pushing porn on kids. The Joint Judiciary Committee met in Torrington last month, with several members focused on the best way to punish the Wyoming public library system for this nonexistent problem. Rep.

1 month ago | wyomingnews.com | Kerry Drake

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1 month ago | wyofile.com | Kerry Drake

Trump loyalty proved to be the politically unsavvy move last Thursday for U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis. The Wyoming Republican, known as the “Crypto Queen,” has the president to blame for the death of the GENIUS Act — landmark legislation she co-sponsored to regulate the stablecoin industry. Despite working on the issue for years and chairing the Senate’s Digital Act Subcommittee, Lummis somehow missed that the majority of her colleagues wouldn’t vote to line Trump’s pockets.

1 month ago | wyomingnews.com | Kerry Drake

Wyoming school districts and community interests have clashed for several years over gender identity policies and parental rights. That’s not likely to end soon, despite a federal judge’s well-reasoned decision last week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by parents against a Sweetwater County school district that respects student requests to use their preferred name and pronouns in school. Under the policy, teachers do not discuss the issue with parents unless they ask.