Wyoming State

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Two Sweetwater County lawmakers seeking re-election filed a defamation suit Thursday against a political action committee affiliated with the hard-line Wyoming Freedom Caucus over mailers that attack them over a vote they say never happened.

Lawmakers sue Wyoming Freedom PAC over Trump-ballot mailers

A Virginia man is demanding a political action committee stop using his photograph to promote a Wyoming legislative candidate of the same name — or face legal action. Make Liberty Win, a Virginia-based PAC , has been sending text messages and mailers to Wyoming voters, and knocking on doors in support of various legislative candidates, but has failed to provide accurate information. Many of the candidates the PAC is supporting are either members of, or ideologically aligned with, the hard-line Wyoming Freedom Caucus.

Cease and desist: Virginia man threatens legal action after group uses his photo to portray Wyoming candidate

Montana State

Columbia Falls, MT

A 72-year-old Montana man shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked him while he was alone picking huckleberries, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

A 72-year-old was alone picking huckleberries in a Montana forest. Then, a grizzly bear attacked him

Florida State

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

Red Lodge, MT

Fox Weather

A child was hospitalized Sunday after a black bear attacked her inside a tent in southern Montana.

Black bear attacks 3-year-old girl in Montana

Nebraska State

LINCOLN — It’s too soon to tell whether Nebraska voters can weigh in this fall on a constitutional amendment that would let future Legislatures set the valuations of owner-occupied residential properties differently from commercial. But Gov. Jim Pillen’s office expressed openness to the idea, in response to a...

Nebraska constitutional amendment revived on owner-occupied property valuations

More than 100 state employees rallied during a noon hour in early December against Gov. Pillen's order to end remote work. Dec. 7, 2023. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) The Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations, a state agency charged with settling disputes between public employees and their government employers, recently made a high-profile decision regarding remote work assignments for state employees that may affect all Nebraskans.

We urge Gov. Jim Pillen to end the dispute over remote work and negotiate with state employees

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Honolulu, HI

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi addresses the media during a press conference to announce new affordable housing and beds at Waikiki Vista to help alleviate homelessness. State Coordinator on Homelessness John Mizuno, left, and Gov. Josh Green listen in. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024) Emboldened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that...

Honolulu Mayor Vows Tougher Approach On Homelessness

USA TODAY

The girl was inside a tent near Red Lodge when the female black bear attacked the tent, injuring her, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said.

Black bear euthanized after it attacks, injures child inside tent at Montana campground

Iowa State

The stated mission of the Iowa Auditor of State's Office is to help ensure government officials use taxpayer dollars for the intended purposes to benefit the public. (Main photo from Getty Images; seal courtesy the State of Iowa) An advocate for seniors is calling on the state auditor’s office to...

‘This is scandalous:’ Auditor asked to examine $10.7 million owed to taxpayers

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Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

Kansas State

Students, parents and educators are all still grappling with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, writes our columnist. (Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) Four years ago, I sat with my hands resting on this same keyboard. I was frozen and baffled. On the bulletin board above my desk, I was...

What the pandemic taught Kansas teachers, four years after the most bizarre academic year ever

Adventure On SI

In a remote Montana forest, an elderly man's encounter with a protective grizzly bear ends with survival and underscores crucial bear safety advice.

Surprise Grizzly Encounter Leaves Montana Hiker Hospitalized

Baton Rouge, LA

Clouds pass over Tiger Stadium on Monday, March 20, 2023, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La. (Matthew Perschall for Louisiana Illuminator) More than 500 people who work for LSU, including 165 faculty members, will become employees of a private staffing company and lose their state benefits as a result.

Hundreds of LSU employees to lose state benefits after transfer to staffing agency

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

The shores of the Great Salt Lake near Syracuse are pictured on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Despite parts of northern Utah seeing more rain in two days than all of June and July combined, the state says precipitation this summer has been “underwhelming.”

Despite two months’ worth of rain in two days, Utah’s summer precipitation is ‘underwhelming’

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Uncovering Florida

With hurricane season posing a consistent threat six months out of the year, who would not like a little help getting their home ready for the harsh weather to come? Senate Bill 7028: My Safe Florida Home Program, approved by Governor DeSantis on April 24, 2024, and effective as of July 1, appropriates a one-time total of $200 million from 2024 to 2025 for the purpose of funding hurricane mitigation grants and inspections, as well as outreach and administration costs, to support homeowners in Florida.

DeSantis Signs New Bill Giving $200 Million To Homeowners

Denver, CO

David Heitz

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

The Montana Attorney General’s Office is micromanaging the Montana Highway Patrol, and its human resources department has an outsized and negative influence on the division, according to comments from many troopers who participated in a workplace climate survey earlier this year. “This organization is a sinking ship caused by...

Attorney General ‘micromanaging’ Montana Highway Patrol, employees say

NewsBreak

As candidates spend big, one out-of-state group injects $370K into Wyoming’s primaries

A microburst making it rain in southern Wyoming. Meanwhile, donors, candidates and PACs are metaphorically “making it rain” in state elections, spending big before the Aug....

As candidates spend big, one out-of-state group injects $370K into Wyoming’s primaries

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