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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill aimed at keeping Wyoming soda ash competitive globally is being reviewed in Washington. The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday afternoon on a proposal to keep the 2 percent royalty rate for soda ash...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum is seeking help in finding more than 40 photos to match the names of Wyoming service members killed in Vietnam. Photos will be displayed at the Education Center, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington, D.C.

Last week, Wyoming Representative Cynthia Lummis voted in favor of a federal budget proposal calling for nearly $2 trillion dollars in tax increases. Being one of only 38 Congressmen in the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives to vote in favor of the budget, the group Americans for Tax Reform has challenged this vote by Lummis, questioning why she would support the budget proposal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s governors are going to the White House on Monday to discuss ways to bolster job growth and improve their partnerships with the federal government. The gathering is scheduled for the final day of the National Governors Association winter meeting...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s (shee jeen-ping) visit to Washington’s power centers is boosting his international profile but offering little insight into the man destined to rule the world’s most populous nation...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American “boots on the ground.” McCain tells “CBS This Morning” there are several options available, ranging from medical care and technical assistance to safe havens for refugees of the violence...

WASHINGTON (AP) — America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system’s conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue. Hospitals and doctors’ offices increasingly are going digital, the Bipartisan Policy Center says in a report released Friday...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In its budget submission next month, the Obama administration will urge lawmakers to revisit the failed attempt by a congressional supercommittee to cut the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion, the White House says. The proposal runs counter to the common wisdom in Washington that any major deficit reduction effort is unlikely in a presidential election year...