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  • Anonymous website attempts to rank Republican lawmakers

    Michael Illiano, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Nov 21, 2019

    SHERIDAN — An anonymous website that purports to chart state Republican lawmakers’ adherence to the party platform has drawn criticism from Wyoming Republicans for presenting reductive and divisive characterizations of state legislators. The site, WyoRINO.com, seeks to expose “liberal Republicans” or “Republicans In Name Only” (RINO) by assigning every state legislator a score based on how their votes in the previous legislative session corresponded to the Wyoming Republican party platform. That score, however, is based on legislators...

  • Agreement reached to keep Spring Creek open

    Michael Illiano, The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange|Oct 31, 2019

    SHERIDAN — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Navajo Transitional Energy company announced they reached a short-term agreement late Friday that will allow coal production at the Spring Creek Mine to resume. The interim agreement will keep the mine operating for 75 days while the two parties continue negotiating a long-term agreement, according to Montana DEQ Public Policy Director Rebecca Harbage; it can last beyond 75 days if both parties agree to an extension, she added. While some of the issues that led to the closure w...

  • Bill would restrict voter crossover

    Michael Illiano, The Sheridan Press, Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jan 3, 2019

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