Wyoming has waded into the national debate about CRT and American exceptionalism.

But critics say social studies here "is a cacophony of vagaries." No one has wanted to change it. And in this environment, it could be much harder.

Latest:

wyofile.com/lack-of-standa…
My piece is sort of a 1000 foot view of the issue. I'd refer you to @m0rgan_hughes' excellent breakdown of the standards and how they compare to other states.

We're not alone -- 20 other states failed. And Balow said a revision of standards are imminent. trib.com/news/state-and…
I'd also recommend this fact check she wrote after some inaccurate statements about CRT in Wyoming schools were made by an NCSD Board member. trib.com/news/local/edu…
It would be interesting to see if the Legislature gets involved on this one. It does have a recent legacy of politicizing curriculum, as it did with teaching climate change several years ago to avoid undermining the state's fossil fuel industry.

trib.com/news/local/edu…

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15 Jul
Today is the Q2 FEC filing deadline.

I'll thread some quick takeaways from the top-line numbers for Wyoming's at-large U.S. House race here as the numbers come in, with a longer analysis coming later at WyoFile.com.

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First, Anthony Bouchard -- the race's top fundraiser to-date not named Liz Cheney.

Despite an early scandal many thought would end his campaign, the Wyoming State Sen. managed to raise nearly $213k this quarter -- well-below the quarter million he earned in Q1. ImageImage
Bouchard also spent way more this quarter -- $255k -- than he took in, leaving him just over $100k in cash on-hand.

Most went to consultants, fundraising and advertising. Expected: He was first-in, and needed to capitalize to build a sustained operation. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…
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22 Jun
Was trawling FEC filings and found a new PAC that formed earlier this month called "Protecting Wyoming Values."

"Interesting," I think to myself. "Wonder who's behind it."

So I tried to find out. Thread. 🧵
We have no local officers, no local addresses, but we do have a treasurer: Mr. Charles Gantt, a GOP consultant who runs a firm with ties to the Trump campaign and numerous other conservative orgs around the country.
Interesting enough to check out. So I call the number on the site, a Jackson number. Get an anonymous Google voicemail box. Weird. So I left a message. I'll let you know if I get a call back.
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26 May
The Joint Agriculture Committee just voted to bring back the Second Amendment Preservation Act from last session on a split-second, unannounced vote earlier this afternoon.

"Don't throw something at me before we adjourn," said Sen. RJ Kost

Rep. Robert Wharff, an Evanston Republican and a former guns rights lobbyist, introduced a motion to bring it up in a special session specifically meant to address new COVID relief funds.

He said they ran up against the clock during the regular session, and it would have passed.
Lots of procedural concerns from co-chairman Brian Boner, who questioned repeatedly why the bill wasn't introduced as an individual bill. Said added caused undue controversy to the process, and should reconsider if he wanted it to pass should it fail to pass muster.
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11 May
We're talking Medicaid expansion this morning. (Again.)

Watch live here.
Rep. Gray says that the current Biden Administration policy to expand Medicaid to red states is "coercive." Asking if there are any legal challenges pending, but DOH staff say that most of the legal issues out there have "been resolved."
This is how our current environment as a non-expansion state compares to states that have expanded. Note the populations carved out here.
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10 May
An official for the University of Wyoming's Center for Business and Economic Analysis walking through their version of the tax capacity study, with estimated from the minimum rate to if we went "full socialist" and maxed everything out.

Quite a bit.
Based off median income, we have room to raise taxes.
Here's us compared to states with no income tax... we could earn $2.3 billion if we adopted the median of their tax policies.

However, Texas and Washington have major metros. We don't. S. Dakota is the best match, which would net us about $1.1b extra per year.
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10 May
Knapp, who now lives in California but is moving back to Gillette, said he’s wanted to go into public service since high school and that “now is a good time to do it.”

According to his LinkedIn, he works in Orange County and has been heavily involved in the O&G industry.
Did anyone else get a heads-up he was running? Nobody contacted me about him running until about 6 a.m. today and though I heard rumors someone was announcing in Campbell County last week, nobody knew who it was.
With more than a year until the Republican primaries, we now have seven challengers, including

1. Bouchard
2. Gray
3. Keller
4. Selvig
5. Knapp
6. Smith
7. Belinskey

Several possibles, including Bryan Miller, Ed Buchanan, William Perry Pendley.
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