February 2008 - Posts
I co-sponsored a bill called Prescription Drugs-Physician Shopping (HB 127). I was asked to co-sponsor the bill by students of Jackson Hole High School. About 20 students at Jackson Hole High School belong to a statewide high school program called Youth
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I was successful today in getting my amendment through the House of Representatives that will fund Crisis Stabilization Beds for the mentally ill. (2nd Reading Amendment #28) Under the present system if a person has a mental health incident in which the
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I co-sponsored an amendment today in the Budget Bill (2nd Reading Amendment #5) that would have provided $5 million toward lowering the waiting list for the Child Development Disabilities Waiver Waiting List. The Amendment failed. But it was close, so
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I won't go into detail as to how the formula actually works, but essentially we distribute the funds from the State coffers back to the counties and towns based on a few different factors, one of which being "hardship" The bottom line is this Jackson
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The Budget Bill for the biennium of 2009-2010 has begun its progress through the Wyoming Legislature this week. On Monday and Tuesday, the House of Representatives worked the bill for 1st reading. It was a long process and it will now move on to 2nd reading
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I often get emails on this subject matter, so I thought I better report back on this subject. It has been suggested to me by more than a few Jacksonites that we need to reduce the speed limit on I-80 for the tractor trailers. So the cars would stay at
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Some people have been emailing wondering why I haven't been blogging the first week of the session. We started the Budget Session on February 11 and I have been negotiating around the clock to get the property tax reform bills heard and hopefully passed,
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House Bill 46 "Abuse of Animals" made it through Introduction on a vote of 48-12 and has been assigned to Travel, Recreation, and Wildlife (TRW) Committee. The Committee is going to hear the bill at 8 am on Monday, February 18. In a budget session, a
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Greg Clark, District Ranger Big Piney Ranger District P.O. Box 218 Big Piney, WY 83113 re: Scoping Comments for the Eagle Prospect and Noble Basin Master Development Plan EIS Dear Mr. Clark: Please accept the following scoping comments on my behalf, as
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I know I'm about a month late on putting out this year's best books list, but I had a few that I had to finish reading in January. Fiction -- Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson Nothing else even came close this year. It was translated into English from
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