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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Wyoming Newsletter for Sunday June 30, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Last week, Eubanks & Associates, on behalf of petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project (WWP), and others, notified the US District Court of Wyoming that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is rapidly moving forward with its plan to remove over 4,000 wild horses from the range, despite previously arguing to the court th  more

Cattle Producers Celebrate Supreme Court Decision to Rein in Administrative Overreach
CENTENNIAL, Colorado, June 28 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association issued the following news release: Today, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo--a decision that reins in the legal concept of Chevron deference and reduces overreaching regulations from federal agencies that lack congressional authority. "Our elected officials in Congress should be making our laws,   more

Stop Bucking Around, Wyoming! PETA Asks State to Nix Required License Plate Logo
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 28 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Could Wyoming's "Bucking Horse and Rider" license plate design soon go the way of the dinosaurs? PETA thinks it should. Today, the group sent letters to Wyoming Senate President Ogden Driskill and Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives Albert Sommers, asking them to introduce an amendment to the state's motor vehicles statutes--which currently mandate the use of  more

WYOMING SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS CASPER LAWYER
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 26 -- The Wyoming State Bar issued the following news release: The Wyoming Supreme Court has suspended Casper lawyer Nadine McLeod from the practice of law in Wyoming for failing to comply with the Rules of the Wyoming Supreme Court for Continuing Legal Education. Rule 4 of the Rules of the Wyoming State Board of Continuing Legal Education requires each active attorney to complete a minimum of 15 hours of continuing legal education, including two hours of legal ethics,   more