Leo Wolfson

Cheyenne

State Political Reporter at Cowboy State Daily

State Political Reporter @daily_cowboy | 10x Wyoming Press Association award winner | MN ➡️ CO ➡️ WY College basketball head. All views are my own.

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University of Wyoming International Students Have Visas Revoked

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration has hit the University of Wyoming. Chad Baldwin, spokesperson for the school, confirmed to Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday that “a few” international students have had their visas to be in the United States revoked. “When that eventually leads to deportation, I’m not sure,” he said in an email.
National Police Conference To Feature Laramie County Drunk Driving Lawn Mower Test

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office set up a closed course lawnmower driving demonstration at Cowboy State Daily’s offices in Cheyenne last December to show the effects of impaired driving in real time. Now that demonstration will be presented at the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference in August.
Wyoming’s ‘Hoosiers’: How Tiny Reliance Beat The Unbeatable To Make Run At 1949 Title

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

Wyoming has its own true-life version of the classic film “Hoosiers” in the story of the 1949 boys high school basketball team from the tiny southwest coal mining town of Reliance. The Pirates shocked the Cowboy State that year when they reached the Wyoming Class A championship game as a huge underdog. To get there, the school of 105 students in a town of 710 residents, beat powerhouse Cheyenne High School in the state semifinals.
Gordon Appoints Attorney General Bridget Hill To Wyoming Supreme Court

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill will be the newest addition to the Wyoming Supreme Court. Gov. Mark Gordon announced Friday that he’s picked Hill to replace Chief Justice Kate Fox on Wyoming’s highest court, who’s retiring. “After careful consideration, I chose General Hill because she possesses a deep and original understanding of both Wyoming and constitutional law,” Gordon says in the statement.
Legislature Wants Tighter Regulations On Wyoming Gaming

2 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

Legal gambling has grown in leaps and bounds in Wyoming over the past few years, and the Wyoming Legislature hasn’t added much oversight on the $2 billion per year industry. State Sen. John Kolb, R-Rock Springs, wants to see more local control over gambling. He saw the impacts of the lack of local regulatory control firsthand in 2012 when he was a county commissioner for Sweetwater County.
Legislature Cuts Meetings After Summer Committee Bills Go Nowhere

2 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

A number of Wyoming legislators complained during the recent legislative session about interim committee bills that were never introduced, saying it was a waste of time for those committees to meet and craft bills that went nowhere. Now those committees may potentially waste less time during this interim period by having fewer interim meetings.
Chinese Export Restrictions Could Help Wyoming’s Rare Earths Industry

2 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

It’s an unprecedented time to be involved in international business due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and Wyoming’s rare earth minerals industry is smack-dab in the middle of it all. China placed export restrictions on the quantity of rare earth minerals that can be shipped out of the country last Friday as part of its sweeping response to Trump’s tariffs, as a way to squeeze American supply of a range of goods used to make weapons, electronics and other consumer goods.
Former Wyoming First Lady Sherri Geringer Dies, Remembered As ‘Quiet, Classy’

2 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

One of Wyoming’s most beloved first ladies has died. Sherri Geringer, wife of former Gov. Jim Geringer, died on Saturday at the age of 79. She was the Wyoming first lady from 1995-2003. Geringer is the first Wyoming first lady to die since Martha Hansen, the wife of former Gov. Cliff Hansen, died in 2011. She had been battling an extended illness for a number of years. Geringer died at her home in Cheyenne in hospice care, her family said. Who Was She?
Allyson Fertig A Division I All-Star, Rewrote UW Women’s Hoops Record Book

2 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

University of Wyoming basketball star and Glendo native Allyson Fertig has already had an incredible playing career and will now get to showcase her talents on the national stage, a capstone to her record-breaking career. Fertig, a Douglas High School graduate, will play in the 2025 Women's College All-Star Game on Saturday in Tampa, Florida.
Chuck Gray, Gov. Gordon Squabble Over Approval Of Wind Farms

3 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Leo Wolfson

Two wind farm projects in eastern Wyoming got a green light before the State Board of Land Commissioners on Thursday, but not before tempers flared yet again between Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Chuck Gray. Gordon and Gray were on opposing sides when it came to approving the two separate wind farm projects that would lease state land in Converse and Niobrara counties over the course of a 40-year term.