President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty he hasn't had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation.
Congress is preparing to send President Barack Obama a massive, five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for the nation's farmers.
The PILT program provides federal payments to local governments to help offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal land within their boundaries.
After being stalled for more than two years, the House passes the Farm Bill. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says it is a good first step. Biologists believe forage conditions at the National Elk Refuge remain good enough that supplemental feeding of elk and bison is not required at this time...
The House of Representatives passed the Farm Bill Wednesday by a vote of 251 to 166. The Senate is expected to take up the bill later this week.
Negotiators from the House and Senate spent several weeks working out their differences on issues in the legislation, including cuts to food stamps, income caps on farm subsidies, and a price support program for dairy farmers...
The state of Wyoming capitalized on last year's record breaking year on Wall Street to bank hundred's of millions in profits on state investments. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says there are some parts of the farm bill that would need to be implemented right away, once the bill passes Congress...
Teton County commissioners have imposed a 105 day moratorium on the construction of new cell towers. Doug Randall has the details. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Department has received numerous stories from Americans about the importance of the farm bill...
A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.
An illegal campfire sparked a small fire in Curt Gowdy State Park Sunday. Doug Randall reports. The U.S. Senate passed a new farm bill , it now moves on to the House. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.