WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * American Families are Paying the Price of the Schumer Shutdown * "We are about to vote today on a clean continuing resolution to reopen the government. Republicans are going to vote for it. Democrats have the opportunity to do the right thing for the American people." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about how Americans a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Blasts Democrats Over Schumer Shutdown on Fox News The Sunday Briefing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, yesterday joined The Sunday Briefing with Jacqui Heinrich on Fox News to discuss the looming Schumer Shutdown. Senator Barrasso said: "The radical wing of the Democrat party is demanding that Chuck Schumer shut down the government and i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Demands Democrats Drop Far-Left Shutdown Ransom * "Republicans are fighting for veterans, service members, law enforcement, Border Patrol agents, seniors, and rural hospitals. Democrats are willing to shut down the government for illegal immigrants, climate extremism, and wasteful Washington spending." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso, Lummis Join Wyoming Miners at Event Announcing New Policies to Unleash Wyoming Coal * The Trump administration announced new policies aimed at expanding America's coal industry and reworking Biden-era regulations harmful to coal production and power plants. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., released the following statements after attending  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Senate Democrats Have Officially Dragged Our Nation into a Schumer Shutdown * "Today, Senate Democrats face a clear choice. They can govern in the best interest of the American people or they can continue to grandstand for retweets and likes from their liberal base. Republicans are united in our commitment to reopen the government. How long that takes, and how costly it is, is entirely up  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: The American People Deserve to Know What Democrats Are Demanding * "Let's be honest. Democrats have a political problem. The far-left demands a shutdown. Their caucus is divided. The American people overwhelmingly want their government to remain open." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor to condemn Senate Minorit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: The American People Should Not Suffer the Costs and Consequences of a Schumer Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke at a press conference about the looming Schumer Shutdown. Sen. Barrasso said: "Well, the radical wing of the Democrat party is demanding that Chuck Schumer shutdown the government. If not, there'll be hell t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks input for March 2026 oil and gas leases in Wyoming * CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 68 oil and gas leases, totaling 94,465 acres in Wyoming in a March 2026 sale. The comment period ends Oct. 30, 2025. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in August more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Hageman Delivers More Than $10 Million in Casework Relief for Constituents * Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) announced her office has successfully resolved more than 4,000 individual cases, returning over $10,600,000 in funds, benefits, reimbursements, or corrections for Wyoming constituents through its federal casework efforts. Providing services to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Hageman Releases Statement on Senate Democrats Voting for a Government Shutdown for the Fourth Time * Washington, D.C. - On Friday afternoon, and for the fourth time, the Senate Democrats blocked the House-approved Continuing Resolution that was designed to keep the government running through November 21, 2025. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman issued the following statement in respons more PR

DURANGO, Colorado, Oct. 3 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Conservation Leaders Denounce Reopening of Balanced Public Lands Plan in Southwest Wyoming Today, the Trump administration announced it will reopen the recently finalized Rock Springs, Wyoming Resource Management Plan (RMP), a blueprint that guides the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) management of nearly 3.6 million acres of public lands in southwestern Wyoming for the nex more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA partners with Powell Economic Partnership to strengthen outdoor recreation economy * POWELL, Wyo. - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Denali Commission and the Northern Border Regional Commission have selected the Powell Economic Partnership to be a part of the Recreation Economy for R more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno, Barrasso Ask Bessent to Close IRS Loophole Allowing Continued EV Tax Credits Yesterday, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Senator John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyoming) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking him to close an IRS loophole that is allowing automobile companies to continue taking advantage of EV tax credits, despite the $7,500 credit ending on Tuesday. "It has come to  more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming posted the following news release: * * * Mother of the man who killed Sheridan Police Sergeant Nevada Krinkee is sentenced Eileen Marie Hurley, 71, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. The sentence was handed down  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * The Trump Administration Must Not Interfere with the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan * ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - Sierra Club Wyoming strongly condemns the Trump administration's attempt to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, which could roll back protections for 1 million acres of public land in Wyoming. After more than 10 years of planning and extensive feedback from develo more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 2 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Establishes Doug and Deniz Stark Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership Professorship A generous gift from Doug and Deniz Stark, doubled by state matching funds, has established the Doug and Deniz Stark Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership Professorship in the University of Wyoming's College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources. This endowed professor will strengthen the uni more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 2 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Security and Fire Safety Report Now Available The 2024 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for the University of Wyoming is now available. To access the report, go to www.uwyo.edu/uwpd/annual-security-report.html. "Each year, we publish this guide to security at the University of Wyoming," says Josh Holland, UW police chief. "It is intended to provide essential information regarding the univ more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 30 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW's Carlee Hughes Selected for Prestigious Emerging Leaders Program Carlee Hughes, director of business operations for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming, has been selected to participate in the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) 2025-26 Emerging Leaders Program. Now in its fifth year, the Emerging Leaders Program equips participants with more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Jay Slagowski, President of the Wyoming State Snowmobile Association, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Interior / Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in support of rescinding the agency's 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. Slagowski argues the rule improperly restricts minerals management and motorized recreation access, conflicting with longstanding federal laws mandating multiple-use management of public lands. The writer stated that  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Wyoming will Pay the Price as Trump Sells Out Public Lands, Public Health to Costly Coal * WYOMING -- On Monday, the Trump administration announced its "Coal Day 2.0" agenda, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining leases and extending compliance deadlines and rolling back safeguards against air and water pollution. In the last two decades, coal mining  more PR