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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for Sunday March 12, 2023 ( 4 items )  

BLM Oil Exemptions Threaten Sage Grouse In Wyoming
DENVER, March 9 (TNSgov) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release on March 8, 2023: Eleven major environmental and conservation organizations have asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cease issuing waivers of habitat protections in Wyoming until the agency can assess the impacts to sage grouse habitat. BLM issues waivers, sometimes called "exemptions" that allow oil and gas and other industry activities in areas that have been set aside to p  more

BLM Oil Exemptions Threaten Sage Grouse In Wyoming
DENVER, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on March 8, 2023: Eleven major environmental and conservation organizations have asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cease issuing waivers of habitat protections in Wyoming until the agency can assess the impacts to sage grouse habitat. BLM issues waivers, sometimes called "exemptions" that allow oil and gas and other industry activities in areas that have been set aside to protect sage grouse   more

CAIR Welcomes South Carolina House Vote Approving Hate Crime Bill
WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed approval of a hate crime bill by the South Carolina House. If signed into law, that bill would make the state the 49th to provide harsher punishments for violent hate crimes. South Carolina and Wyoming are the only two states without a ha  more

WYOMING SUPREME COURT CENSURES LARAMIE ATTORNEY
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Wyoming State Bar posted the following news release on March 8, 2023: The Wyoming Supreme Court today issued a public censure to Laramie lawyer Stacy L. Rostad. The disciplinary order stemmed from Rostad's conduct in a family law matter in which Rostad represented the mother in post-divorce child custody and visitation proceedings in Wyoming. Rostad attempted to subpoena records relating to the father from a Colorado health care facility. After the Col  more