Laws

Government watchdogs and the general public in Wyoming have new tools to keep track of what agencies and boards are doing. The budget session that ended Thursday advanced two bills that address concerns rising out of the digital age.

The Wyoming House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would allow drivers to exceed the posted speed limit by up to 10 miles per hour when passing another vehicle. The House on Monday endorsed a bill sponsored by Rep. Del McOmie, a Lander Republican.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal and state prosecutors in Wyoming say the laws already on the books are sufficient to deal with offenders who might engage in sex trafficking of children despite a recent national report giving the state a failing grade on the issue...

The Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) has appointed a new Executive Director. Governor Matt Mead recognized Jeff Schulz as the Executive Director of the Commission.

The Roman Catholic church has been taking heat for years over sexual abuse cases involving church officials. Wyoming's former Roman Catholic bishop now faces yet another sexual abuse charge. Joseph Hart allegedly abused a Missouri man when he was a child growing up in Kansas City.

When it comes to law the University of Wyoming has had a long history of producing some of the best lawyers, law makers and political leaders.  According to PreLaw Magazine UW currently ranks 15th in the nation for providing the best value. Out of 200 law schools nationwide that's a pretty good ranking!

It's Law Week at the University of Wyoming and Egil "Bud" Krough will be one of the weeks featured speakers. Krough was the Nixon administration lawyer who served prison time for ordering the break-in of Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. Krough will talk at 5:30pm in room 178  this Tuesday October 25th.

Wyoming legislators are in Laramie today to discuss important issues. They will be discussing proposed changes to the state's open records laws as well as discuss whether or not to pass a law making it a crime for parents or guardians not to report a missing child. The proposed law has been dubbed as "Caylee's Law" following the Casey Anthony trial.