KGAB 650AM » Wyoming Legislature http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Tue, 21 May 2013 23:44:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Where is Wyoming's Lottery? http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/ http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:49 +0000 Trevor T. Trujillo http://kowb1290.com/?p=231927 If you're hoping to buy a lottery ticket in the state of Wyoming, you've got to some time on your hands before you can.

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]]> http://kgab.com/where-is-wyomings-lottery/feed/ 0 Jessica Mullen, flickr.com Task Force Studying School Security in Wyoming [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/task-force-studying-school-security-in-wyoming/ http://kgab.com/task-force-studying-school-security-in-wyoming/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:46:13 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=263005 A task force studying school security in Wyoming is focusing on police officers in schools, security vulnerabilities in school buildings and training for police and educators. Doug Randall reports. Wyoming officials are worried that the proposed BLM regulations for hydraulic fracturing on federal land might unnecessarily duplicate existing state regulations. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News. 

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]]> http://kgab.com/task-force-studying-school-security-in-wyoming/feed/ 0 Amy Richards\TSM Wyoming Public TV Proposing Live Video of Legislature http://kgab.com/wyoming-public-tv-proposing-live-video-of-legislature/ http://kgab.com/wyoming-public-tv-proposing-live-video-of-legislature/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:16:34 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=261141 The select committee on Legislative Facilities okay'd a plan to move forward with researching a proposal from Wyoming Public Television (PBS) to provide future gavel to gavel video coverage of Wyoming legislative sessions

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]]> http://kgab.com/wyoming-public-tv-proposing-live-video-of-legislature/feed/ 0 Wyoming Senate (Amy Richards/TSM) Report: Wyoming On-Time Graduation Rates Down Slightly http://kgab.com/report-wyoming-on-time-graduation-rates-down-slightly/ http://kgab.com/report-wyoming-on-time-graduation-rates-down-slightly/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:14:55 +0000 AP http://kgab.com/?p=258318 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's high school graduation rate fell to 78.9 percent in 2011-12.

Figures released Friday by the Wyoming Department of Education show the rate is down from 79.7 percent in 2010-11 and 80

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]]> http://kgab.com/report-wyoming-on-time-graduation-rates-down-slightly/feed/ 0 Thinkstock More Money Available for Renovation of the Wyoming State Capitol [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/more-money-available-for-renovation-of-the-wyoming-state-capitol-audio/ http://kgab.com/more-money-available-for-renovation-of-the-wyoming-state-capitol-audio/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:46:09 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=256880 Officials have found more money for a proposed major renovation of the State Capitol Building in Cheyenne. Doug Randall has the details. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says with small budgets the agency is looking for new ways to finance much needed rural water and sewer projects. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/more-money-available-for-renovation-of-the-wyoming-state-capitol-audio/feed/ 0 State Gas Prices Go Up [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/state-gas-prices-go-up-audio/ http://kgab.com/state-gas-prices-go-up-audio/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:35:03 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=251914 The Wyoming Legislature has launched a new e-mail subscription service to keep the public more informed. Amy Richards has a report. Average retail gas prices in Wyoming continue to go up in the latest gasbuddy.com survey. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/state-gas-prices-go-up-audio/feed/ 0 csessums, Flickr New UW President Will Spend Some Time Fundraising http://kgab.com/new-uw-president-will-spend-some-time-fundraising/ http://kgab.com/new-uw-president-will-spend-some-time-fundraising/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:33:53 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=222849 The incoming president of the University of Wyoming says an important part of his job will be to find other sources of revenue to help make up for cuts in state funding.

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]]> http://kgab.com/new-uw-president-will-spend-some-time-fundraising/feed/ 0 Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media Lawmakers Study Legal Notices in Newspapers http://kgab.com/lawmakers-study-legal-notices-in-newspapers/ http://kgab.com/lawmakers-study-legal-notices-in-newspapers/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:31:37 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=221109 A legislative committee will be looking at changes to requirements that local governments publish legal and public notices in newspapers.

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]]> http://kgab.com/lawmakers-study-legal-notices-in-newspapers/feed/ 0 NS Newsflash, flickr.com Cindy Hill Blames Changes for Education Data Problems http://kgab.com/cindy-hill-blames-changes-for-education-data-problems/ http://kgab.com/cindy-hill-blames-changes-for-education-data-problems/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:14:25 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=221007 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says management changes in the Wyoming Education Department are causing the agency to fall behind on providing some education data.

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]]> http://kgab.com/cindy-hill-blames-changes-for-education-data-problems/feed/ 0 Youtube Hill Says Differences About Philosophy, Not Personality http://kgab.com/hill-says-differences-about-philosophy-not-personality/ http://kgab.com/hill-says-differences-about-philosophy-not-personality/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:05:30 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=248350 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill says her disagreements with state legislators and Governor Matt Mead are philosophical, not personal.

Hill says she takes issue with the idea that the legislature should manage state schools and the state Department of Education

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]]> http://kgab.com/hill-says-differences-about-philosophy-not-personality/feed/ 0 State Superintendent Cindy Hill (Doug Randall/tSM) Referendum on Superintendent Law Gets OK http://kgab.com/referendum-on-superintendent-law-gets-ok/ http://kgab.com/referendum-on-superintendent-law-gets-ok/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:53:34 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=219705 Opponents of a new state law that changed the duties of the state superintendent of public instruction can begin collecting signatures in their effort to repeal it.

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]]> http://kgab.com/referendum-on-superintendent-law-gets-ok/feed/ 0 Doug Randall, Townsquare Media House Accepts Amendment For Gun Protection Attached to Bison Hunting Bill (UPDATED) http://kgab.com/money-for-gun-protection-attached-to-bison-hunting-bill-by-wyo-senate/ http://kgab.com/money-for-gun-protection-attached-to-bison-hunting-bill-by-wyo-senate/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:47:16 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=218085 The Wyoming State Senate has voted to attach an appropriation of money to fight any possible federal gun ban into a bill originally intended to encourage bison hunting.

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]]> http://kgab.com/money-for-gun-protection-attached-to-bison-hunting-bill-by-wyo-senate/feed/ 0 Tracie Perkins, Townsquare Media New Law Doesn't Undo Life Sentences in Wyo. http://kgab.com/new-law-doesnt-undo-life-sentences-in-wyo/ http://kgab.com/new-law-doesnt-undo-life-sentences-in-wyo/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:21:34 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=217765 Wyoming lawyers for the state and the American Civil Liberties Union say it's possible that some of the half dozen or so inmates already serving life sentences for crimes that happened when they were juveniles may ask the courts to reconsider their cases.

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]]> http://kgab.com/new-law-doesnt-undo-life-sentences-in-wyo/feed/ 0 Photo: Townsquare Media Lottery Bill Headed To Conference Committee http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-headed-to-conference-committee/ http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-headed-to-conference-committee/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:57:28 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=246021 The Wyoming House of Representatives Monday morning voted 34-25 not to concur with Senate changes on a bill to allow a lottery in Wyoming. Following the vote, House Speaker Tom Lubnau  appointed a conference committee to try to work out an agreement between the two versions of the bill

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]]> http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-headed-to-conference-committee/feed/ 0 Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images Senator Blames Pro-Gun Group For Gun Bill's Defeat http://kgab.com/senator-blames-pro-gun-group-for-gun-bills-defeat/ http://kgab.com/senator-blames-pro-gun-group-for-gun-bills-defeat/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:55:14 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=217573 A leader in the Wyoming State Senate says he killed a bill that sought to exempt the state from any future federal assault weapons ban because of rude pressure tactics from a pro-gun organization.

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]]> http://kgab.com/senator-blames-pro-gun-group-for-gun-bills-defeat/feed/ 0 Wyo. Legislature Will Not Override Mead's Vetoes http://kgab.com/wyo-legislature-will-not-override-meads-vetoes/ http://kgab.com/wyo-legislature-will-not-override-meads-vetoes/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:26:15 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=217333 Wyoming legislative leaders say they won't try to override Gov. Matt Mead's vetoes of some sections of the state budget bill.

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]]> http://kgab.com/wyo-legislature-will-not-override-meads-vetoes/feed/ 0 Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media Senate Advances Hathaway Scholarship Changes http://kgab.com/senate-advances-hathaway-scholarship-changes/ http://kgab.com/senate-advances-hathaway-scholarship-changes/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:16:51 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=217222 The state Senate has given preliminary endorsement to a bill that would add to the requirements for college-bound students applying for the top tiers of the Hathaway Scholarship.

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Today is "Eggs and Issues Day with the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce and our host, Dave Chaffin will be live at the historic Plains Hotel co-emceeing the event with Executive Director, Dale Steenbergen. They will be talking with a select group of Wyoming legislat

]]> http://kgab.com/thurs-on-the-morning-zone/feed/ 0 Kaysen Disturbed By Gun Proposal http://kgab.com/kaysen-disturbed-by-gun-proposal/ http://kgab.com/kaysen-disturbed-by-gun-proposal/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:01:57 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=244671 Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen doesn't support a proposal in the state legislature to ban local governments in the state from passing their own laws on firearms.

"That disturbs me, to be honest with you", the mayor says, adding that he is especially concerned about what he calls ''a blanket statement across the state" about allowing guns in city meetings

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]]> http://kgab.com/kaysen-disturbed-by-gun-proposal/feed/ 0 Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen (Amy Richards/TSM) Legislature Passes UW Trustees Board Changes http://kgab.com/legislature-passes-uw-trustees-board-changes/ http://kgab.com/legislature-passes-uw-trustees-board-changes/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:59:01 +0000 Associated Press http://laramielive.com/?p=195298 A proposal to amend the state constitution to allow nonresidents to serve on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has passed the Legislature.

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