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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Wednesday February 25, 2026 ( 11 items )  

Air Force Chief of Staff Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success * AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) - In his first major address since becoming Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ken Wilsbach used personal examples of stellar performances from pilots, maintainers, health care workers and others to highlight readiness and how the service is responding to a strategic environment that is "complex and ambiguous." "Our adversa  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report on Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Wyoming 2025
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Wyoming 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mountain-Plains Region - Feb. 24, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.4 percent in Wyoming, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the natio  more

EPA Approves Wyoming's Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Approves Wyoming's Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program * DENVER - Today, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final approval of Wyoming's partial coal combustion residuals (CCR) program. This will allow Wyoming, rather than the federal government, to permit CCR disposal in surface impoundments and landfills. "Today's approval is cooperative federalism in  more

Geisinger Health Entities to Pay $450,000 in EEOC Disability and Retaliation Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Geisinger Health Entities to Pay $450,000 in EEOC Disability and Retaliation Lawsuit * Settles federal suit charging Pennsylvania health care system with denying workers with disabilities their rights to reasonable accommodations under the ADA PHILADELPHIA - Geisinger Health, Geisinger Health System Foundation and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, collectively a Pennsylvania h  more

Institute for Energy Research: In Gov. Newsom's California, It Makes Sense to Get Gasoline From the Bahamas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary: * * * In Gov. Newsom's California, It Makes Sense to Get Gasoline from the Bahamas This story is baffling. Bloomberg reports that California is starting to import gasoline from the Bahamas, while the state sits on enormous oil resources it refuses to develop. Bloomberg reports: US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending  more

Lujan, Barrasso 988 Bill Advances in Senate 988 Bill Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Barrasso 988 Bill Advances in Senate 988 Bill Advances in Senate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee for recently passing their bipartisan legislation to increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline through assessing challenges to transmitting geolocation information. "The 988  more

Making Colorado a Food Freedom State: Governor Polis and Legislators Highlight the Tamale Act
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Making Colorado a Food Freedom State: Governor Polis and Legislators Highlight the Tamale Act * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis joined Majority Leader Monica Duran and Representative Ryan Gonzales to celebrate bipartisan food freedom legislation, deemed "the Tamale Act." HB26-1033 - Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act makes Colorado a food freedom state, allowing Coloradans who make delici  more

NSC Projects 12% Decrease in U.S. Traffic Fatalities in 2025
ITASCA, Illinois, Feb. 24 [Category: Transportation] (TNSxrep) -- The National Safety Council posted the following news: * * * NSC Projects 12% Decrease in U.S. Traffic Fatalities in 2025 * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Preliminary analysis from the National Safety Council estimates 37,810 motor vehicle crash deaths in the United States in 2025 - a 12% decrease from 2024, even as overall miles driven increased by 0.9%. Nine states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases of more than 15%: D  more

UB pharmacy school's Karl Williams is working to expand profession's scope of practice
BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 24 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * UB pharmacy school's Karl Williams is working to expand profession's scope of practice * Appointed the director of legislative advocacy for the pharmacy school in 2025, Karl Williams is working with legislators in Albany to expand the role of New York pharmacists. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki In legislative advocacy role, he's using legal training to benefit c  more

Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success * In his first major address since becoming Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ken Wilsbach used personal examples of stellar performances from pilots, maintainers, health care workers and others to highlight readiness and how the service is responding to a strategic environment that is "complex and ambig  more

Wilsbach Outlines Strategy for Confronting Adversaries, Air Force Success
HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: * * * Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) -- In his first major address since becoming Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ken Wilsbach used personal examples of stellar performances from pilots, maintainers, health care workers and others to highlight readiness and how the service is responding to a strategic environment that is "co  more