CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 13 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming issued the following news release: With a 37-23 vote, the Wyoming House of Representatives narrowly missed meeting the 2/3 super majority of votes required to consider House Bill 166, legislation that would repeal the death penalty, during the legislature's budget session. The ACLU of Wyoming supported House Bill 166. Capital punishment is an intolerable denial of civil liberties and is inconsistent with the fundamenta  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 12 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming issued the following news release: Due to the unique and irreversible nature of ending a person's life, death penalty statutes must satisfy complex legal requirements in order to remain constitutional. Do Wyoming's death penalty laws meet these requirements? The ACLU of Wyoming believes that the state's death penalty laws violate both the United States and Wyoming Constitutions and is asking the state's legislators to  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 11 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming issued the following news release: With 40 co-sponsors, Rep. Jared Olsen (R-Cheyenne) filed House Bill 166, legislation that would repeal the death penalty in Wyoming. The bill will need the support of 2/3 of House lawmakers in order to be introduced during the legislature's budget session, but supporters are confident that will happen. The death penalty's history of deep injustices, skyrocketing costs and entrenched d  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 15 -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release on Feb. 14: Officials from Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center unveiled plans for an $80 million investment to establish the facility as the pre-eminent regional cancer center while refacing the main entrance of the hospital that opened nearly 40 years ago. Since 2008, Geisinger has invested more than $215 million into better and more accessible care for people in Luzerne County, and this development,  more