State passes new six-week abortion ban that lawmakers call ‘insult to voters’

Bill faces constitutional hurdles as previous abortion bans were struck down by state supreme court in January…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/abortion-wyoming-supreme-court

 

Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers

Controversy has engulfed Wyoming's state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor, in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state's politics...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/wyoming-republican-lawmakers-checks-house-floor

 

Republican Attack on Obama BACKFIRES Spectacularly with Supreme Court LOSS

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yKp59TD_-0A

 

Wyoming supreme court strikes down near-total abortion bans

In a 4-1 decision, the justices decided that the two bans – which include the nation's first exclusive ban on abortion pills – violated a 2012 state constitutional amendment. That amendment affirmed competent adults' right to make their own healthcare decisions and was originally passed as part of Wyoming's response to the Affordable Care Act. 

 "Today, the Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed what we've always known to be true: abortion is essential health care, and the government should not interfere in personal decisions about our health," Julie Burkhart, president of the Wyoming abortion clinic Wellspring Health Access, said in a statement...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/wyoming-abortion-ban-supreme-court 

CHAOS: Republican voters REVOLT against their OWN lawmaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90hB6Uine2E

 

Wyoming Republicans’ anti-abortion bill inadvertently targets chemotherapy and surgeries

"Legislators are coming in and trying to pass laws that are less about healthcare and more about some kind of moral agenda, religious agenda. This is a way to sort of give the legislature more power." 

When asked if any doctors or medical professionals were consulted in the authoring of the bill, Steinmetz said that she received the bill from an attorney, and was not sure who the attorney sourced input from…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/wyoming-republicans-anti-abortion-bill

 

Judge strikes down Wyoming's abortion laws, saying they violate state constitution

Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-strikes-wyomings-abortion-bans-saying-violate-state-constitution-rcna180731

Wyoming’s abortion ban is blocked by a judge for the most hilarious reason - Vox

In many states, opponents of Obamacare effectively took the GOP's talking points and turned them into state constitutional amendments protecting patients' ability to obtain health care that the government might not want them to have. Wyoming's amendment, for example, provides that "each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own health care decisions."…

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/23/23653183/abortion-wyoming-obamacare-barack-obama-supreme-court-johnson

Wyoming wants to phase out sales of EVs by 2035 to “ensure the stability” of the oil & gas industry

The group also based their worries on a lack of EV charging infrastructure which would "make the widespread use of electric vehicles impracticable for the state."…
https://www.teslarati.com/wyoming-phase-out-evs-2035/

Wyoming Republicans try to curtail Trump-endorsed Chuck Gray : NPR

"The Wyoming voter registration system, the campaign finance system, it would also remove anything to do with candidate filing and applications for nomination prior to running for office," Wheeler said. "So there's quite a bit that would go with it, if it were to be removed from this office."

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/08/1121756234/wyoming-secretary-of-state-chuck-gray-trump-endorsement

Rep. Kinzinger Defends Calling Cheney's Challengers 'Armpit Farters'

Kinzinger told Bash: "You know, her main opponent was a big supporter of Liz Cheney until she found out that maybe she could run against Liz Cheney. And so they are lying to their constituents."…

https://www.insider.com/rep-kinzinger-defends-calling-cheneys-challengers-armpit-farters-2022-7

Clips from Wyoming's Republican primary debate last night : PublicFreakout

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/vp2h3t/clips_from_wyomings_republican_primary_debate/

Lawsuit says Wyoming Sgt. Christian Handley, accused of racism, was fired in 2021 - The Washington Post

... Christian Handley, walked into the room and asked Johnson if he had ever had sex with a Black woman. 

"Because that would be nasty," Handley, who is White, told Johnson, according to a lawsuit Johnson filed this month. "That is like having sex with a dog."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/25/jamin-johnson-christian-handley-wyoming-lawsuit/

Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it

…Godby said lawmakers privately acknowledge that coal is in a steep decline that will force either cuts in services or wildly unpopular tax increases, but that fighting for the industry publicly has become a litmus test for the Republican-voting electorate. "The lawsuits will fulfill that rhetoric because it will look like the state is pushing back against the leftists," he said…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/07/wyoming-coal-threat-mining-republican-governor

Profiles In Discourage: Foster Friess Says The Rich Should 'Self-Tax' - YouTube

Foster Friess is running for governor of Wyoming because 'our nation needs a return to civility' as opposed to another nation like, say, Zoowanatou.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmIoVOg1O0

Rich anti-contraception Republican mega-donor may run for U.S. senate -- ThinkProgress.org

Multi-millionaire financial investor and Republican mega-donor Foster Friess told the Washington Post on Monday that he is exploring running for the Senate in his home state of Wyoming. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/foster-friess-senate-contraception-islamaphobia-7c5fdd5141e6/

Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder, Weighs Primary Challenge to Wyoming Republican

Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater, is seriously considering a Republican primary challenge for a Senate seat in Wyoming, potentially adding a high-profile contender to a fledgling drive to oust establishment lawmakers with insurgents in the mold of President Trump.....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/erik-prince-blackwater-founder-weighs-primary-challenge-to-wyoming-republican/ar-AAt4Urg?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

Wyoming Bill Would All But Outlaw Clean Energy by Preventing Utilities From Using It

Coal supporters are pushing a bill that would bar utilities from using the state's abundant wind power to provide electricity within the state....
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012017/wyoming-coal-wind-energy-solar-energy-climate-change-denial