WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Today, America First Legal (AFL), partnering with the States of Texas and Idaho, along with a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming-filed an urgent lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: * * * Former U.S. Representative Will Challenge Incumbent to become Second Latina in U.S. Senate * * * Primary elections were held on Tuesday in Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming. Full results for women in these races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page. One more candidate is yet to be selected to advance in Alaska's top-four primary; full results post will upda  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- Trout Unlimited issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * The framework will determine management strategies for approximately 3.7 million acres of public lands in portions of Lincoln, Sweetwater, Uinta, Sublette, and Fremont counties in southwest Wyoming. * * * Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the Rock Springs Field Office Resource Management Plan (RMP), a framework for managing approximately 3.7 million acres of public land  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Wyoming In its proposed partial disapproval of Wyoming's State Implementation Plan earlier this month, the EPA has confirmed a retirement date for PacifiCorp's Dave Johnston coal Unit 3, one of four units at the plant. In its recent proposed rule, EPA declared that the retirement of the unit has a federally-enforceable commitment to shut down by 2027. The utility has also maintained the same retire  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: By Judy Christie Col. Tim Sheppard, USA (Ret), "really had intended to stay retired" after 40 years in the Army as an engineer and chief of staff for the Wyoming Army National Guard. But involvement in the veterans' community drew him in. Two years after retirement, in 2019, he became the executive director of the Wyoming Veterans Commission and in 2022 embarked on the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Rock Springs plan reflects public input and conserves key landscapes * * * ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (Aug. 22, 2024) -- The Bureau of Land Management issued its proposed Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, which will ultimately guide forward-thinking management for nearly 3.6 million acres of public land in southwestern Wyoming for the next two decades. The plan includes conservation for importan  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 22 -- The Wyoming State Bar issued the following news release: The Wyoming Supreme Court has issued an order disbarring attorney Samuel W. Cantrell from the practice of law. The disbarment resulted from Cantrell's guilty plea to two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse stemming from charges in the District Court of the Second Judicial District in and for the County of Davis, State of Utah. Cantrell was sentenced to a term of 180 days in the Davis County  more