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Opinion | Gutting Medicaid to give tax breaks to the wealthy isn’t a smart choice, especially for Wyoming

2 days ago | wyofile.com | Kerry Drake

Republicans have targeted Medicaid funding for decades and it appears the party’s leaders, axes anxiously in hand, finally have it on the chopping block. But the GOP doesn’t have to make huge cuts to a program that provides health insurance to 79 million low-income Americans.
Judge blocks new Wyoming abortion laws, clearing way for Casper clinic to resume services

3 days ago | wyofile.com | Joshua Wolfson

A state judge Monday halted enforcement of Wyoming’s two new abortion laws, clearing the way for the state’s lone abortion clinic to resume offering those services after a nearly two-month pause. The laws — a set of new, more stringent regulations and a mandatory ultrasound requirement — “affect a fundamental right expressly provided for by the Wyoming Constitution,” District Judge Thomas T.C. Campbell wrote in his 10-page decision.
Pollution plagues largest development in Town of Jackson’s history

5 days ago | wyofile.com | Jenna McMurtry

WyoFile’s local news initiative partnered with KHOL 89.1 FM, Jackson Hole Community Radio, to produce this story. For as long as Jim Rooks has lived in Jackson Hole, the north end of town has always been eclectic. Over his many decades, an odd mix of government buildings, rafting company headquarters, and mom and pop shops have been the first buildings to welcome any visitor driving in from Grand Teton National Park.
Report: Wildlife Refuge System 'at risk' with no units fully resourced amid DOGE uncertainty

6 days ago | wyofile.com | Mike Koshmrl

The nation’s 573 national wildlife refuges are at risk and not a single refuge has the resources it requires, according to a recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inventory.
Forest-dwelling raptor, aka 'flying mountain lion,' goes for groceries in the city

6 days ago | wyofile.com | Mike Koshmrl

Bryan Bedrosian’s best guess is that the bird was out on the hunt. One thing for certain is that the northern goshawk, perched in a Pinedale aspen, wasn’t in its standard habitat. Goshawks, the largest of North America’s three accipiters — acrobatic bird-eating specialists — typically dwell in the forest. Yet this hawk, an adult male based on its pale plumage and thin vertical chest stripes, was in a town surrounded by the sagebrush-dominated high desert.
Muley Fanatics founder Josh Coursey tapped by Trump for high Fish and Wildlife Service post

6 days ago | wyofile.com | Mike Koshmrl

A southwestern Wyoming big game hunting advocate who spent the past 13 years safeguarding beleaguered mule deer has been appointed to a high position in the Trump administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Josh Coursey, the co-founder and longtime president of the Muley Fanatic Foundation, announced to the group’s membership on Wednesday that he’ll be assuming his new post in May.
Wyoming Supreme Court mulls constitutionality of state’s abortion bans

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.
He fought professionally. Now, he battles stigma of suicide through art.

1 week ago | wyofile.com | Tennessee Watson

Gerald Lovato had a lot to do before his next fight. A physical. An eye exam. Blood work. Swinging by his Albuquerque home that afternoon, Gerald found his roommate making tacos. Mikey, also a professional fighter, was studying massage. “Before your fight?” Mikey asked, gesturing to his massage chair in the corner of the kitchen. Gerald smiled. Later. Both were men of few words. For Gerald, the tendency toward quiet started with childhood abuse.
Records show University of Wyoming officials omitted conflict of interest concerns in public response

1 week ago | wyofile.com | Andrew Graham

University of Wyoming officials omitted notable internal findings from their official public response to the demotion of a well-liked dean and the ensuing public outrage earlier this month, newly-released records show. When the Board of Trustees demoted Dean Cameron Wright, they said it was because of poor performance towards the state’s goal of bringing the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences into the top tier of such schools nationally.
Wyomingites dig new antler regs — they’re even shed hunting because of them, survey finds - WyoFile

1 week ago | wyofile.com | Mike Koshmrl

At the behest of state lawmakers, Wyoming in 2024 took unprecedented steps to regulate shed antler hunting — actions that have started a western trend. Specifically, the Equality State now requires out-of-state residents to get a conservation stamp and to wait a week, giving residents a head start. Those changes caught some shed-seeking Westerners off-guard. But the majority of antler seekers are relishing the new rules, wildlife officials now know.