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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Monday, August 19th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by Outrider PAC. According to a new survey, 79% of Wyoming Voters support Freedom in Education. Learn more about Educational Savings Accounts in Wyoming at OutriderPAC.com

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In case there was any confusion, former President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his support for the three Wyoming candidates he had previously endorsed for Tuesday's primary election.

In three separate posts on his social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, Trump reissued support for U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, and Cheyenne state Legislature candidate Darin Smith. Trump had already endorsed all three earlier this year.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that some of the opponents of these candidates had questioned whether Trump's previous endorsements were in fact that.

"The timing is interesting for all these is really what's most significant. Barrasso's Republican primary opponent Reed Rasner had kind of questioned whether Trump was actually endorsing Barrasso's campaign, and not just his campaign for Senate whip. So this kind of clarifies that he is effectively endorsing. And then Hageman even more so, her Republican primary opponent Steve Helling claimed that Trump had endorsed him because he received a generic email from Trump that Trump sent out to all his people on his email list, saying so and so, I endorse you."

Trump delivered these three endorsements around a number of other state-level and congressional endorsements he gave in Florida and Alaska.

Read the full story HERE.

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Wyoming's top education official Megan Degenfelder is applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's Friday ruling against a new Biden administration transgender bathroom rule.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to let the Biden administration's new Title IX rules, which address transgender accommodations like bathroom policies in schools, go into effect against several states suing the government.

Every justice agreed the rules may be proclaimed unlawful in court, and may harm those states, reports Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland.

"That injunction should be functional in I believe, 26 states right now, including Wyoming. Even though this order didn't come down in Wyoming's case, it probably affects it, but basically, every single justice on the High Court said, yeah, these states are entitled to some relief from these rules while they're suing, which is legal, speak for they might win their case against the rules, and they might suffer harm, either actual or constitutional."

The new rules are blocked from going into effect in Wyoming, and in 25 other states, and in several schools that have sued.

Read the full story HERE.

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As one of the Cowboy State's biggest logistical undertakings, move-in day for incoming freshman at the University of Wyoming is usually chaotic.

And Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz reports that when you add in broken dorm elevators and extensive road construction all around the campus, the experience can be a nightmare.

"I used to work for the University of Wyoming in their housing and food logistics departments. So yeah, I'm quite familiar with what an undertaking move in day can be. You've got, you know, 1000s of new freshmen, plus all their plus a