Daily news roundup, Feb. 21, 2008
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Feb 21, 2008 Posted by Bill Luckett
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL:
The Casper Star-Tribune has this front-page story package on our county caucuses/conventions:
‘Once in a lifetime:’ Wyo Dems could make a difference
Some superdelegates wait to commit
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle also has a piece on our March 8 statewide spectacular:
Hordes of Democrats expected at caucus
The Buffalo Bulletin – yes folks, the Buffalo Bulletin is online now! – has a piece on an upcoming event for a presidential campaign and some details on our March 8 caucuses/conventions:
Obama rep coming to Buffalo today
And the Jackson Hole News & Guide has this preview of a campaign event in that area:
Obama supports to rally in Teton village
FROM THE LEGISLATURE:
Self-defense bill stripped of amendments (Wyoming Public Radio)
Lawmakers debate community college funding (Wyoming Public Radio)
Many budget amendments fail (Wyoming Public Radio)
Bill would make 3rd DUI a felony (Wyoming Public Radio)
Enzi addresses Legislature, offers praise (Casper Star-Tribune)
Senate OKs post-conviction DNA tests (Casper Star-Tribune)
Panel protests federal Real ID Act (Casper Star-Tribune)
Crisis beds for mentally ill get more money (Casper Star-Tribune)
Vets’ mental health bill gets support (Laramie Boomerang)
Legislators begin work on $7.8 billion budget bill (Green River Star)
And finally, for fun and a Republican perspective (from a self-described Libertarian, although he’s a registered “R”), check out Sen. Cale Case’s blog on the Casper Star-Tribune’s legislative page. And please, for the love of all things good, if you are aware of any Democrat who is writing a blog on the session, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, and I’ll spread the word.
IN OTHER NEWS:
After 13 years of the reintroduction program has spawned about 1,500 wolves in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, the feds are ready to take the next step. Conservation groups hope to block the move (three stories):
Feds plan to remove wolves in Northern Rockies from Endangered Species List
Groups challenge wolf delisting
Montana approves wolf hunting season
The Environmental Protection Agency said a plan allowing more natural gas wells on the Pinedale Anticline should be revised because it failed to adequately analyze the effects of development on air quality and groundwater:
The governor of Wyoming has joined officials from the Southeast in opposing a plan to import about 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy for processing in Tennessee and disposal in Utah:
Gov. Freudenthal fights nuke waste plan
The Gillette News-Record reports that Foundation Coal has successfully bid for 255 million tons of coal adjacent to its Eagle Butte mine north of Gillette:
Long plagued by assorted delays, North American Power Group’s Two Elk Power Plant project is now facing several lawsuits aimed at halting its progress:
The Green River Star reports that a dike used to store tailing water at the General Chemical facility west of Green River developed a leak early this morning, allowing process water to escape:
Water breaches holding pond at trona mine
Unethical antler gatherers and deer-killing dogs are taking a toll on hungry deer and elk in western Wyoming, Game and Fish Department officials said Wednesday:
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle has this update on bison in Yellowstone:
Another 55 Yellowstone Park bison sent to slaughter
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle also offers this report on Cheyenne City Council goals for the upcoming year:
Trash, viaduct bridge top council goal list
The Green River Star reports on a panel’s harsh criticisms of the county’s Unified Development Code. The report has elicited strong reactions from some government officials:
‘Blue Ribbon Commttee’ rejects Sweetwater County’s Unified Development Code