Daily news roundup, Feb. 26, 2008
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Feb 28, 2008 Posted by Bill Luckett
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL …
WyoFile.com has this look at the Clinton campaign’s announcement earlier today that it will have grand openings Wednesday at campaign offices in Wyoming’s two largest cities:
Clinton to open Cheyenne, Casper campaign offices
FROM THE LEGISLATURE …
Just the mention of new regulations on private property can cause a stir in the Wyoming Legislature:
A health care reform bill moving through the Legislature was created without the help of a state board charged with addressing the cost, quality and accessibility of health care for Wyoming citizens:
Group questions health care bill
The House passed a bill Monday that would prohibit illegal immigrants in Wyoming from receiving state services such as welfare, public housing and organ-transplant assistance:
House OKs limits on services for illegals
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports on the defeat of a property tax bill favored by a local legislator:
Rep. Olsen’s property tax relief bill fails
A Senate committee hearing on an innovative carbon sequestration bill Monday turned into a debate over private property rights:
Carbon storage bill stays intact
A bill that would have allowed greater state regulation of water discharged from coal-bed methane wells died in the Wyoming Senate Monday after what some senators said was a stiff lobbying effort by the energy industry to kill the bill:
Senate kills methane water bill
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter on Monday signed a bill that makes running a dogfighting operation in Idaho a felony, leaving neighboring Wyoming as the last state where such activities are only a misdemeanor:
Idaho governor signs dogfighting bill
Wyoming Public Radio reports on the demise of a bill to earmark one third of severance tax revenues to pay for road construction:
Highway fund bill dies on Senate floor
A quick look at business fraud legislation and a water loan fee measure:
IN OTHER NEWS …
Park rangers, retirees and conservation groups are protesting a plan by the Interior Department to reconsider regulations restricting loaded guns in national parks:
Permitting loaded firearms in national parks would be dangerous for visitors and wildlife and would alter the park experience, according to rangers, retirees and conservation groups:
Park gun ban review prompts safety debate
The bison death toll continues to climb for Yellowstone National Park, as park officials say they plan to slaughter an estimated 180 animals captured Monday to prevent the spread of disease:
Bison slaughter could approach 2004-05 figure
The Laramie Boomerang has this report on a UW researcher’s take on wolf delisting:
Local expert: Wolf delisting a positive step
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports that the Cheyenne City Council wants citizens to impose the sixth cent tax on themselves:
City gives sixth penny green light
The Tribune-Eagle also has this look at an oil company with a refinery in Cheyenne:
Frontier Oil reports record-setting profits in 2007
The Gillette News-Record reports that a $7.1 million contribution to Gillette College for a three- building, 98-student on-campus housing project got a preliminary go-ahead Monday from the Gillette City Council:
City gets a look at student housing
Also from the Gillette paper, a plan to annex more than 700 acres at the eastern edge of Gillette, including Morningside Estates and Arly Acres, got a preliminary thumbs up from the Gillette City Council Monday night: