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More and more bills from the House of Representatives…

Here are a few thoughts on the latest bills posed on Wyoleg.gov. Please reach out to your legislators and tell them to stop the shenanigans. No new taxes, free Wyoming from the clutches of the Feds, protect life, and quit lying to us about the purpose of bills. HB-162 and HJ-5 are the more classically… Read More »More and more bills from the House of Representatives…

Evidence-Based Wyoming, the early years

In 2014 I built the first version of Evidence-Based Wyoming to analyze the votes of Wyoming legislators as they voted on legislative bills. Initially known as Evidence-Based Politics, Evidence-Based Wyoming was then first conceived as a mathematical science experiment that could be used to demonstrate and predict the voting proclivities of Wyoming legislators. What follows… Read More »Evidence-Based Wyoming, the early years

Beware the Ides of March

Beware the Lawmakers of March…

The March portion of this fragmented legislative session is quickly approaching. that means it’s time to get caught up on bills that are important to you or Wyoming. Feel free to disagree with me, I might be wrong. I’ve read all the bills and classified the important ones into three categories, Must Fail, Must Pass,… Read More »Beware the Lawmakers of March…

So the Wyoming GOP censured Rep. Cheney.

So on February 6th, 2021, the Wyoming GOP censured Representative Liz Cheney for her vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump. Here’s my hot take: No big deal, let’s move on. Eleven county GOP parties had already censured Cheney, with five more scheduled to get theirs done after the meeting on February 6th. In other… Read More »So the Wyoming GOP censured Rep. Cheney.

Legislative session sputters to life

The 66th Wyoming Legislature is in session, kind of barely without the urgency to return to normalcy. So far the Legislature has met for a paltry nine days. In that time the legislature has had only 254 votes on a variety of bills. Compared to the first nine days of the last general session in… Read More »Legislative session sputters to life

HJ-2, a good idea to protect our rights

Rally the troops, your rights are being left unprotected! Okay, that may overstate it a bit, but I would encourage you to write your legislators and ask them to support HJ-0002, it will protect your health care rights. Also please let Rep. John Bear know you appreciate this resolution. He’s worked tirelessly to get it… Read More »HJ-2, a good idea to protect our rights

The bills so far…

The Wyoming Legislature is scheduled to meet soon; let’s examine a few bills due for consideration as of January 5th, 2021. HB 2 School buildings and facilities study: This bill is a $6 million colossal waste of money. Most if not all of the information could be obtained simply by asking the superintendents of each… Read More »The bills so far…

Whatever happened to cowboying up?

Howdy and Happy New Year! Things are starting to heat up as we near the start of 2021’s general legislative session. As is normal, politicians are willing to use any crisis to accomplish their goals. Wyoming’s legislative leadership wants to hold the first part of the critical 2021 General Session online. We need leadership that… Read More »Whatever happened to cowboying up?