CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 5 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following statement by State Superintendent Jillian Balow: * * * The U.S. Department of Education has proposed priorities for American History and Civics Education grant programs published in the Federal Register. Those priorities include encouraging districts to use curriculum related to divisive author Ibram X. Kendi and the New York Times "1619 Project." This is an alarming move toward federal overreach into district more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 8 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Gordon has issued a directive that prevents state agencies, boards and commissions from requiring "vaccine passports" to access state spaces and state services. The directive instructs state agencies, boards, and commissions to provide full access to state spaces and state services, regardless of a constituent's COVID-19 vaccination status. "Vaccine passport programs have the potential to po more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 6 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon is welcoming news that the Federal Reserve has announced the opening of a comment period for proposed "Account Access Guidelines for the Reserve Banks", a critical step towards approval of Wyoming-chartered special purpose depository institutions (SPDIs). SPDIs are custodial banks for digital assets that provide safekeeping and on- and off-ramps to the capital markets. Wyoming's dig more PR