Daily news roundup, Dec. 18, 2007
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Dec 19, 2007 Posted by Bill Luckett
Casper-area lawmakers sound off on the possibility of a statewide smoking ban:Split opinion on statewide move
As the Casper Star-Tribune points out, if state spending has increased too sharply for some people’s tastes, they have only the Republican Party – which has controlled the Legislature for decades – to thank:
Hey big spenders, stay away from Legislature
Wyoming Public Radio reports that Rep. Colin Simpson, R-Cody, wants the state to have a database of everyone’s prescriptions:
WYDOT has determined that the only way Wyoming could get intrastate air service is if the government were to step in, according to the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle:
Meanwhile, passenger boardings are slightly down at Yellowstone Regional Airport, as reported by the Powell Tribune:
Sens. Enzi and Barrasso and their Democratic colleagues Max Baucus and Jon Tester in Montana are pushing to allow gun owners to carry their firearms into all national parks and wildlife refuges:
Senators: Lift gun ban in parks
Environmental groups that sought to block grazing on some Medicine Bow National Forest land near Laramie lost their appeal Monday:
A Northern Arapaho man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance two years says he didn't know about a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service program that allows American Indians to apply for permits to kill eagles for religious purposes. Attorneys representing him and his tribe claim the federal agency did its best to keep the program secret and only grudgingly issued the permits. He is appealing his conviction:
Lawyers argue case of eagle kill
Coal gasification may hold the key to generating energy from the Powder River Basin for another 500 years:
The Uinta County Herald reports that the Evanston City Council is eyeing the feasibility of a recycling program:
Council looks at curbside recycling
The city of Casper wins props for its citizen-friendly budget format: