Episode Details

A federal judge Tuesday said Wyoming doesn't have to follow a new federal rule allowing males identifying as females in school bathrooms.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the new rule was set to go into effect August 1st.

"The judge looked at the law, which is Title Nine, which was written to give women and girls opportunities in schools, so they wouldn't suffer missing out on sports or scholarships or other opportunities. And he looked at Biden's Final Rule, which is supposed to protect transgender students' access to various activities, and especially bathrooms and locker rooms. And he said that this rule doesn't fit within the law, it exceeds the bounds of the law, exceeds the intentions of the law."

The Judge blocked the rule from going into effect in Wyoming, Alaska, Kansas and Utah — as well as several schools nationwide that other plaintiffs and their children attend — while the case is ongoing.

Read the full story HERE.

State Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams of Cody is concerned about a new facility set up to assist immigrants in Jackson and Teton County.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that Rodriguez-Williams sent a letter to the immigrant resource center known as "Casa Tlaxcala Jackson Hole," asking a number of questions about its operations, and then publicized the letter in a press release.

"She believes it could potentially have the opportunity to allow illegal immigrants to vote in Wyoming elections and illegally receive welfare benefits as well… Representative Liz Stohrer, a Democrat from Jackson who's familiar with this organization, said that Rodriguez-Williams was inappropriately jumping to conclusions, and she should have reached out to the organization and actually communicated with it, rather than putting out a press release the day after she sent the letter."

Officials at the center say the organization will neither help people register to vote nor help them receive public benefits. She said it is only designed to help people of Mexican descent receive help and reconnect with family in their homeland.

Read the full story HERE.

In Colorado, fireworks are limited to sparklers and that's about it. Cross the state line into Wyoming and almost anything goes - a point made in a viral video by comedian Taylor Calmus.

Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz spoke to the Colorado-based comedian, who created the video for his 700,000 followers on his "Dude Dad" YouTube Channel.

"He grew up in South Dakota, which from what he told me, the fireworks regulations there are quite similar to they are in Wyoming, you can pretty much get what you want. And you can just go to these big stands by the roadside and, you know, get things that explode and flash and all the fun stuff. And then he moved to Colorado about four years ago and just says just insanely restrictive there."

Calmus is a