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1 week ago | 
wyofile.com | Maggie Mullen |Andrew Graham
CHEYENNE—Wyoming Supreme Court justices grilled attorneys Wednesday on the legality of the state’s two abortion bans, honing in on what has long been the case’s central question: whether a 2012 amendment to the state constitution prevents lawmakers from ending the practice. It was a day years in the making after several women, doctors and an abortion aid group filed a lawsuit in March 2023 challenging two newly passed abortion bans.
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1 week ago | 
newsfromthestates.com | Maggie Mullen |Andrew Graham
CHEYENNE—Wyoming Supreme Court justices grilled attorneys Wednesday on the legality of the state’s two abortion bans, honing in on what has long been the case’s central question: whether a 2012 amendment to the state constitution prevents lawmakers from ending the practice. It was a day years in the making after several women, doctors and an abortion aid group filed a lawsuit in March 2023 challenging two newly passed abortion bans.
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1 week ago | 
wyomingnews.com | Maggie Mullen
Legal counsel for the Wyoming GOP advised county parties to disregard state statute and a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling when considering who should be allowed to vote in local party elections, according to a letter obtained by WyoFile. Instead, the attorney advised county Republicans to follow a contested party bylaw since the matter involves a private organization.
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1 week ago | 
wyofile.com | Maggie Mullen
Legal counsel for the Wyoming GOP advised county parties to disregard state statute and a Wyoming Supreme Court ruling when considering who should be allowed to vote in local party elections, according to a letter obtained by WyoFile. Instead, the attorney advised county Republicans to follow a contested party bylaw since the matter involves a private organization.
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1 week ago | 
wyofile.com | Maggie Mullen
Gov. Mark Gordon selected Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court, his office announced Friday. Hill has served as attorney general since 2019, when she was appointed by Gordon at the start of his first gubernatorial term.
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2 weeks ago | 
wyofile.com | Maggie Mullen
After lawmakers passed a record low number of committee bills in the 2025 general session, the Wyoming Legislature’s governing body voted Tuesday to cut back how often committees meet in the off-season. Much of the Legislature’s work gets done in the months between sessions, also known as the interim, when lawmakers meet in groups to work through often complicated topics that require more time and resources than what is available during the session.
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2 weeks ago | 
wyomingnews.com | Maggie Mullen
After Wyoming lawmakers passed a slate of bills to restrict the rights of transgender people during the 2025 legislative session, LGBTQ+ advocates hope to use the legal system to defeat the new laws. “If you are discriminated against because of (one of these bills) … then please let us know. Please reach out to us,” Sara Burlingame, executive director of Wyoming Equality, said at a March virtual recap of the session. “Because what happens next is this has to go to the courts,” Burlingame said.
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2 weeks ago | 
wyomingnews.com | Maggie Mullen
After Wyoming lawmakers passed a slate of bills to restrict the rights of transgender people during the 2025 legislative session, LGBTQ+ advocates hope to use the legal system to defeat the new laws. “If you are discriminated against because of [one of these bills] … then please let us know. Please reach out to us,” Sara Burlingame, executive director of Wyoming Equality, said at a March virtual recap of the session. “Because what happens next is this has to go to the courts,” Burlingame said.
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2 weeks ago | 
wyofile.com | Maggie Mullen
The first sandhill crane that Rob Koelling, a Powell birding photographer, spotted this year appeared in late February, slightly earlier than expected. “They typically arrive in early March and feed in the corn fields along the Shoshone River,” Koelling told WyoFile in an email. If the long-legged bird’s huge wingspan and red forehead set against its gray and rusty plumage don’t give it away, its loud, rattling bugle call is unmistakable.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsfromthestates.com | Maggie Mullen
The first sandhill crane that Rob Koelling, a Powell birding photographer, spotted this year appeared in late February, slightly earlier than expected. “They typically arrive in early March and feed in the corn fields along the Shoshone River,” Koelling told WyoFile in an email. If the long-legged bird’s huge wingspan and red forehead set against its gray and rusty plumage don’t give it away, its loud, rattling bugle call is unmistakable.
