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Research shows the neurodevelopmental capacities of people ages 18-21, or late adolescence, is more similar to juveniles ages 13-17 than adults, according to a 2022 paper in the Annual Review of Criminology. (Jan H. Andersen/Adobe Stock)

WY case questions life-without-parole sentencing for adolescents

A new case filed in a Wyoming district court argues that a man's sentence of life in prison without parole was unconstitutional because of his age…

Business leaders have reported workers with disabilities bring a strong sense of positivity and ownership of their work. (Adobe Stock)

Diversifying the workforce can change companies for the better

By Ramona Schindelheim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Wyoming News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Servic…

In 2011, coal produced 44% of all electricity in the United States. In 2022, it produced just 20% and is projected to drop to 10% or less by 2030. (Creativenature.nl/Adobe Stock)

Report: Half of Nation’s Coal Power Units to Retire by 2026

The U.S. is projected to retire half of its coal-fired power units by 2026, just 15 years after coal use for electricity reached its peak in 2011…

Historians have traced the origins of Cheyenne Frontier Days back to 1870s riding exhibitions by a Black cowboy named Sam Stewart. Also known as

Project Uncovers Hidden Gems of Black History in Wyoming

African Americans have played a foundational role in Wyoming since the 1860s, when they served as soldiers at Fort Laramie, and owned and operated …

Last March, Wyoming lawmakers passed a law that would ban abortions in most cases if the U.S. Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, which the high court did in June. (Adobe Stock)

Wyoming Supreme Court Sends Suit Over Abortion Ban Back to District

The Wyoming Supreme Court has decided it will not weigh in on a lawsuit that has temporarily halted a ban on abortions in the state. Citing a state …

As buffalo herds graze, they inspire new vegetative growth across vast tracts of lands in a natural process that mimics the onset of spring. (Adobe Stock)

Buffalo Restoration Key to Wildlife Economy, Tribal Health

By Jake Bullinger for Bitterroot Magazine.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Wyoming News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Pu…

Six out of seven occupations identified by the Wyoming Department of Employment as the most in-demand require some form of post-secondary education. (Adobe Stock)

Cost Biggest Barrier for Native Americans to Complete Degrees

The biggest obstacle facing indigenous students completing college degrees is cost, according to a collaborative study by the National Native …

According to a 2021 study, 90% of coal must remain unextracted to keep global temperatures at levels considered safe by leading scientists. (Adobe Stock)

Court Ruling Adds to Challenges Facing Wyoming Coal Industry

A federal court's decision to require the Department of Interior to consider the potential health and climate impacts of coal mining on public lands c…

The Padlock Ranch was established in northwest Wyoming in 1867 as a sheep operation. In 1940 the Northern Arapaho Tribe purchased and renamed it the Arapaho Ranch. (Hoffman)

Tour Set for Arapaho Ranch, Former Site of Historic Padlock

On August 27, members of the public will have a rare opportunity to visit the historic Padlock Ranch first developed for livestock in 1867, now …

Children who are incarcerated are less likely to graduate from high school and find employment later in life. (Adobe Stock)

Report: Incarcerated Children Severely Undercounted

Nearly a quarter-million children were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2019, about five times more than annual point-in-time counts, according to a new …

New voter maps can impact how public schools operate through school board elections. (Adobe Stock)

WY Panel to Deliver New Voter District Maps to Legislature

Advocates for Wyoming's Latino communities welcomed the latest voter redistricting maps advanced last week. The 62-31 plan, which is expected to be …

Heart Mountain internment camp's 10,000 Japanese American residents were held in a one-square-mile area surrounded by nine towers staffed by armed military police. (Adobe Stock)

Remembering Japanese Americans' Internment at Heart Mountain

Heart Mountain was an internment camp in northwest Wyoming where Japanese Americans were relocated against their will during World War II. It was …

Hunting elk has spiritual and cultural significance for Crow Indians, yet for more than a century, the State of Wyoming refused to recognize Crow Tribe treaty hunting rights. (Adobe Stock)

Wyoming Defies U.S. Supreme Court Over Crow Tribal Hunting Rights

Wyoming will appeal a recent district court decision affirming Crow tribal hunting rights granted under treaties signed in the 19th century, rights …

A new Gallup survey shows more than 60% of Americans say they know

Juneteenth Declared National Holiday, Amidst Progress, Upheaval

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Juneteenth National Independence Day is now an official holiday, after President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday, approved by both …

A majority of women are breadwinners in their families. (Pixabay)

Survey: Moms Want More Than Breakfast in Bed This Mother’s Day

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- As Mother's Day draws near, a new survey conducted by the Institute for Women's Policy Research offers a clearer picture of what …

During the Trump administration, oil and gas companies acquired more than 7,000 federal drilling permits and stockpiled more than 13 million acres of oil and gas leases on public lands. (Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr)

Legal Battle Expands Over Oil/Gas Lease Pause

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A legal battle is unfolding over the Biden administration's pause on oil and gas lease sales on public lands. Wyoming and industry …

Ron Keine is one of 173 people on death rows who since 1973 have been exonerated of all charges related to the wrongful convictions that had condemned them. (Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty)

Death-Row Exoneree to Share Experience in Live Zoom Event

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- On Tuesday, Wyomingites will have a chance to hear firsthand how Ron Keine came close to being executed for a crime he didn't commit…

More than 165 people sentenced to death in the United States have been exonerated since 1973. (CA Corrections/Wikimedia Commons)

Governor Mulls Death Penalty Moratorium to Save Money

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - This week the nation saw the first federal execution in 17 years, and in Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon announced he will consider a …

Calls for justice for the killing of Robert Ramirez in Laramie after a 2018 traffic stop have resurfaced in the wake of global protests targeting police violence against people of color. (Becker1999/Wikimedia Commons)

Statewide Community Forum on Racism Set for Saturday

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- As the nation continues to grapple with police violence against people of color, the ACLU of Wyoming is hosting a virtual community …

Wyoming is joining Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas and Nevada in using a process called ranked-choice voting to determine delegates in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary. (Erik Hersman/Flickr)

Wyoming Dems to Debut Ranked-Choice Voting

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Democratic Party has canceled in-person caucuses because of the COVID-19 crisis, but voters still can cast ballots by …

Wyoming Statute 7-22-102 prohibits a local government from entering into a contract to construct or operate a private incarceration facility in the state without the approval of the state's top five elected officials. (Patrick Feller/Flickr)

Pressure Mounts for WY Officials to Address Detention Facility

EVANSTON, Wyo. -- Uinta County commissioners are moving forward with plans to allow CoreCivic, formerly known as the Corrections Corporation of …

More than half of the Trump administration's trade war bailouts for farmers went to just one tenth of the program's recipients. (United Soybean Board/Flickr)

Small Farms, Minority Farmers Left Behind in Trade War Subsidies

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Farm subsidies meant to offset the impacts of the Trump administration's trade war have been swept up by the nation's largest …

Studies spanning more than 30 years, covering virtually every state that uses capital punishment, have found that race is a significant factor in death penalty cases. (Giftedhands/Flickr)

Campaign Launches to End Death Penalty in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Dozens of Wyoming residents, civic and faith leaders have launched the Wyoming Campaign to End the Death Penalty in the 2020 …

The overall incarceration rate in the United States is 700 inmates per 100,000 people, but in Wyoming it's 840 per 100,000. (CDC)

Companies Backfill Tough Hires by Dropping Criminal Background Box

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Leading U.S. companies and trade groups representing more than 60 percent of the U.S. workforce have committed to change their …

Residents of Evanston say the proposal to build a private immigrant detention center in town has cast a dark cloud over the community. (Ken Lund)

Proposed Evanston Detention Center Brings Racial Tensions to Surface

EVANSTON, Wyo. — As Uinta County officials push for a new private immigrant detention center based in Evanston, residents have become …

Approximately 833,000 people drive for Uber in a year, which would account for 0.56 percent of all employment. But on average, drivers work 17 hours per week and just three months. (Pixabay)

Report: Gig Economy Contributions Overstated

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The nation is making progress toward full employment, according to recent data, but don't rush to attribute that to the so-…

Nearly half of households headed by someone age 65 or older are rent burdened, and more than 20 percent pay half or more of their income in rent. (Pixabay)

Report: Rising Rental Rates Squeezing U.S. Households

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – High rents are threatening families' financial security and putting home ownership out of reach for many, according to a new …

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in May 2017 instructed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to �issue guidance interpreting religious liberty protections in Federal law.� (Getty Images)

Study Finds Religious Exemptions Opened Door for Discrimination

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- New guidelines from the Trump administration that claim to protect religious freedoms may actually infringe on more freedoms than …

New research suggests that communities that are able to meet and interact with people from different backgrounds tend to have less hate. (Pixabay)

New Map Shows Regional Differences Driving Hate in America

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Hate is a national phenomenon, but the way hate is directed varies depending on where you live, according to new research from …

Out of a possible 1,000 points, the index for well-being for Wyoming's American Indian children was 380, lower than the national average in the AECF report. (Pixabay)

Wyoming Kids of Color Still Lack Access to Opportunity

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wyoming's children of color and those living in immigrant families face persistent challenges that make their road to success …

Hospice care can help patients and families dealing with distressing physical and mental symptoms at the end of life. (Pixabay)

Medicare Beneficiaries See Limited Hospice Care

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - More than 40 percent of Medicare patients received just 14 days or less of hospice care in 2015, according to new data. People …

Casper residents are making food donations this week to help kids at risk of hunger as a part of the Campaign Nonviolence week of action. (Pixabay)

Wyoming Joins International Peace Campaign

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Thursday is the United Nations International Day of Peace, and Casper is making a week-long affair of it. Last weekend…

Economists are headed to Jackson Hole to urge the Federal Reserve to raise its inflation target to spur higher wages and more jobs. (Getty Images)

"Fed Up" to Bankers in Jackson Hole: Help Working People

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – The nation's most powerful bankers are descending on Jackson Hole this week for the Federal Reserve's annual economic …

In 2016, black women's wages were 67 percent of white men's, compared with 76 percent for white women. (Getty Images)

Black Women Face Racial, Gender Pay Gap

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Black women have to work seven months into 2017 to be paid the same amount of money white men took home in 2016, according to …

Physicians say Medicare for All would help President Donald Trump make good on promises for better coverage and benefits. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Physicians: Medicare for All Better Obamacare Replacement

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – With the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act now dead on arrival, the debate over how to fix health care in the …

As local communities rally in support of immigrants, a report summarizing four decades of research concludes that immigrants do not increase crime. (Pixabay)

New Research Contradicts Claims that Immigrants Increase Crime

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The recent ICE roundup at Asian restaurants in Green River and Rock Springs is the latest example of President Donald Trump's …

Schools that take steps to reduce bullying and provide other supports for LGBTQ students are seeing better education outcomes, a new survey shows. (Pixabay)

Progress Slow Making U.S. Schools Safe for LGBTQ Students, Survey Shows

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Schools that take steps to reduce bullying and provide other supports for their LGBTQ students are seeing better education …

More people die during police encounters than previously reported. (Portraitlady4306/Wikimedia Commons)

Report: More People Die in Police Encounters than Previously Estimated

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Police officers have the legal authority to take lives, but keeping tabs on how many people are killed each year hasn't been …

Residents who received letters questioning their citizenship status are encouraged to bring official identification or naturalization papers to polls. (Pixabay)

Making All Votes Count in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The ACLU of Wyoming is advising residents to bring documentation of their citizenship to the polls Tuesday, in the wake of a …

Many African-Americans wait twice as long as whites to vote, a new study shows. (Wikimedia Commons)

Report: African-Americans See Waiting Times Twice as Long as Whites at Polls

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – As the presidential race tightens, voter turnout could play a decisive role, and a new study warns that some Americans may …

According to new data, the childhood poverty rate in Wyoming has decreased since 2011. (Pixabay)

Wyoming Making Gains in Reducing Child Poverty

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Childhood poverty has decreased significantly in Wyoming since its peak in 2011, according to new data from the Annie E. Casey …

An international delegation of environmental activists is joining a Toxic Tour of Philadelphia�s largest refinery today. (Philadelphia Energy Solutions)

Toxic Tour Crashes DNC Party

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An international delegation of environmental activists is joining a Toxic Tour of Philadelphia's largest refinery today. The It …

Research shows identity theft facilitated by companies is common in migrant farm work. (Pixabay)

'Ghost Worker' Identity Theft Common in Migrant Farm Work

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Farm workers are frequently forced into becoming identity thieves in order to get jobs, according to a new report from …

The first Indian Relay races of the season kicked off in Buffalo, Wyo., this past weekend. (Diana Volk)

Indian Relay Season Off and Running

BUFFALO, Wyo. - The first Indian Relay Races of the season kicked off in Buffalo, Wyo., this past weekend. Twenty adult teams competed in what has …

A new Annie E. Casey Foundation report looks at how having a parent in prison affects their children, including about 12,000 in Wyoming. (Pixabay)

Study Details Effects of Parents in Prison on Kids, Communities

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Having an incarcerated parent has the same impact on children as abuse, domestic violence or divorce, according to a new …

Experts from around the country are in Phoenix to talk about juvenile justice reform. Credit: AlexRaths/iStock

Conference: Stop Lock-ups and Juvenile Crime Will Drop

CHEYENNE, Wy. - You don't have to lock kids up to reduce juvenile crime. It's a change in thinking that's spread across the country with the Juvenile …

PHOTO: There's a warning about a new kind of refugee crisis � one connected to a changing climate. The stories about how climate-related disasters have, and are, displacing people around the world are featured in a new film that was shown in Jackson last night. Photo credit: Deborah C. Smith

Wyomingites Learn About Climate Refugees

JACKSON, Wyo. - There's a warning about a new kind of refugee crisis - one connected to a changing climate. Stories about how climate-related …

PHOTO: A new poll shows 71-percent of Wyomingites of all political stripes support immigration reform drafted by the so-called 'Gang of Eight' in the U.S. Senate. Photo credit: Deborah C. Smith

WYO Senators Vote Down Immigration Reform; Poll Shows Disagreement

CASPER, Wyo. - Seventy-one percent of Wyomingites polled say they support the immigration reform package drafted by the so-called "Gang of Eight" in …

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