The Latest Breaking News from Wyoming

'Taco Tuesday' trademark tiff flares anew between fast food competitors

A tiff over Taco Tuesday is heating up, with Taco Bell asking U.S. regulators to force a Wyoming-based fast-food chain to abandon its longstanding claim to “Taco Tuesday” as a trademark

The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

California’s state legislators represent most residents per district

After the 2020 census, California’s 40 state Senators represent an average of 989,419 people each. Each Senator in the 31-member Texas State Senate represents an average of 941,396 people. Both of those figures are larger than the average number of people represented by each member of the U.S. House of…

Ballotpedia · May 16, 2023

Nearly 1 million residents per Senate district in California

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Ballotpedia · May 16, 2023

States seek to protect tribes’ rights in child custody cases

Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, some states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare system.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Wyoming abortion clinic opens despite arson, legal obstacles

Wyoming’s first full-service abortion clinic in years defiantly opened Thursday despite an arson attack that ravaged it last year and legal obstacles that could shut it down with some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the U.S. Wellspring Health Access's opening means women in the state now have a second…

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Cloud seeding catching on amid Rocky Mountain drought

A technique to get clouds to produce more snow is being used more as the Rocky Mountain region struggles with a two-decade drought

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Why are volunteerism rates uneven? Florida, Wyoming explain

The share of Americans who volunteer their time to help charities build houses, serve food, do environmental cleanup, and much else has been on the decline nationwide but nowhere as sharply as in Florida, where only 16% of residents donate their free hours to local organizations, according to the latest…

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

The Colorado River drought crisis: 5 essential reads

A 23-year western drought has drastically shrunk the Colorado River, which provides water for drinking and irrigation for Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and two states in Mexico. Under a 1922 compact, these jurisdictions receive fixed allocations of water from the river – but now there’s not…

The Conversation · Apr 13, 2023

52 million-year-old bat skeleton is the oldest ever found and belongs to a never-before-seen species

The bat skeletons unearthed in southwest Wyoming are the oldest ever found, and their discovery has sparked a reshuffle in the bat family tree.

LiveScience · Apr 12, 2023

Gretchen's table: Spicy fish sandwiches are biting

The last weeks of March often means spring break for students, and many families take advantage by heading to the beach for a little sand and sunshine. But what if you're stuck at home when everyone else is on vacation, or like me, headed to the cold, snowy mountains of…

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023