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Gun initiative bets the most on new background checksJan 18, 2013 - By David Lauter and Melanie Mason, MCT Washington Bureau: A less-ambitious effort to strengthen the background check system passed the Senate in 1999, after the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, but ... [more] | SteamrollerJan 18, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The 'Hill bill' flies in the face of what most legislators claim to believe |
Regardless of how it ends, it's right time for gun discussionJan 17, 2013 - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Just 33 days after a school massacre in Newtown, Conn., claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators, President Barack Obama presented a ... [more] | Making the most of winterJan 17, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: We're doing it indoors, minus the cable TV |
30 minutes a dayJan 17, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: That's the oft-repeated reading goal for kids in 2013 -- and the newspaper can help | Quoted in the newsJan 16, 2013 - Staff: I can tell the public doesn't like this. I have had a couple of e-mails in favor (of the bill), and most of those people in favor have intimate knowledge of ... [more] |
Pew poll finds agreement on some gun control proposalsJan 16, 2013 - McClatchy Newspapers: LOS ANGELES (MCT) -- A month after an elementary school massacre pushed gun control back onto the public agenda, some of the key proposals being discussed ... [more] | New PanthersJan 16, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Powell makes Special Olympics 'official' |
We're world's wealthiest but not healthiestJan 15, 2013 - By The Los Angeles Times: For all of our sophisticated medical care, Americans can expect shorter lives and more health troubles than the people of other well-off nations, according to ... [more] | Tuesday notesJan 15, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Hot stuff |
More to watch, less worth seeingJan 14, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: Modern technology keeps old entertainment alive -- and it's usually better. | Tourism fundingJan 14, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: There's good reason to spare it from the state budget cleaver |
New (bold?) predictions for 2013Jan 14, 2013 - By Carl Leubsdorf: A year ago, we predicted President Barack Obama would edge Mitt Romney 48-47 with 286 electoral votes, plus we'd get a Democratic Senate and Republican House; ... [more] | State by state, driver's licenses are becoming key point on immigrationJan 11, 2013 - By Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- After first indicating it would grant driver's licenses to young illegal immigrants who have received two-year deferrals from deportation, the ... [more] |
An end run in CheyenneJan 11, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The bill to strip power from the state superintendent is dangerous and premature | Loopholes and earmarks are alive and well in new fiscal cliff billJan 10, 2013 - By The Miami Herald: Last month, a survey by Indiana University's Center on Congress found that a mere 9 percent of those in a recent poll approved of Congress's job performance -- ... [more] |
Attitude is everythingJan 10, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: We're better when we tune in to our positives | The PIT countJan 10, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The objective is to enumerate the homeless in Fremont County |
A new year for the nighttime skyJan 9, 2013 - By Carl Manning: It turned cold at the end of December, so you have probably been looking at stars from inside through a window. I don't blame you. It does seem sometimes that ... [more] | No to NorquistJan 9, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Enzi, others show courage |
Working for school accountabilityJan 8, 2013 - By Cindy Hill: As I travel the highways of Wyoming, I find a great number of Wyoming educators and parents see their schools as models for the rest of the state and the ... [more] | Tuesday notesJan 8, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Thawed out |
Not exactly a happy endingJan 6, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: But the story of our Christmas calf could have been worse. | Rapping the gavelJan 6, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Take the session seriously, lawmakers, and keep Wyoming issues uppermost |
Differences in the detailsJan 4, 2013 - The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- Politically, the 213th Congress that was sworn in Thursday won't be much of a change from the less-than-stellar 212th Congress it replaces: ... [more] | Wyoming's top newsJan 4, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Try this top-10 list on for size |
A wake-up call in a steamy cupJan 3, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: My voice says 'good morning,' but my breath says 'bring it' | No jokeJan 3, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: There's no room anymore for wisecracks about violence at school |
Quoted in the newsJan 2, 2013 - From staff reports: Our community ... has to pull together and work together to reduce this mortality rate. | The perils of punditryJan 2, 2013 - By Doyle McManus: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. |
Wednesday notesJan 2, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: First of the year | A very bad idea from CheyenneDec 31, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: Some education "experts" in the Legislature want to remove elected control of the department of education from the people. |
Picking a president will never be the sameDec 31, 2012 - By Mark Shields: Who needs the Iowa caucuses if you've got a billionaire in your pocket? | AP top 10Dec 31, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: We agreed with most of their choices, with some exceptions |
New Year's is crystal-ball timeDec 28, 2012 - By Patrick May, McClatchy Newspapers: Here's a prediction for 2013 you can take to the bank: | To 2013Dec 28, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Next week's calendar transition is more than just Monday to Tuesday |
Where's the 'cliff' urgency?Dec 27, 2012 - By The Dallas Morning News: If your paycheck is a little thinner in January, don't fault your boss. Blame rests squarely at the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. | A Christmas season stainedDec 27, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: Wasn't Christmas Day 2012 a glorious one in Wyoming? Fresh snow lit up the countryside just as we dreamed it might, just as the songs portray. |
Winter arrivesDec 27, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: It doesn't seem to have its old strength, but don't be caught unprepared | Wednesday notesDec 26, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Headline oddity |
