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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, November 13th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show with Jake. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, Cowboy State Daily's Jake Nichols takes you deeper into the stories that matter - and keeps up with the news, weather and sports in your part of Wyoming. Just tune into Cowboy State Daily Dot Com and join the conversation.

Leadership elections for members of the 68th Legislature haven't happened yet, but a few state legislators have already started lobbying their fellow lawmakers for support for their next round of elections — this time, for leadership posts within the legislature.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson says at least one role can be predicted - State Rep. Chip Neiman of Hulett is expected to be elected as Speaker of the House, as no one is running against him.

"I talked to him on Tuesday to get some answers and to possibly dispel some rumors about what's going to happen in the upcoming legislature, but he said all of it really depends on what happens in the leadership elections for the Senate, where which are much more murky and undecided."

If the Senate leadership elections don't go the way that Neiman and other members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus would like, he told Cowboy State Daily he wouldn't rule out the possibility of leaving Democrats completely off critical committees.

Read the full story HERE.

In a reversal of its long-standing gun policy, the University of Wyoming might allow people to carry concealed firearms on campus.

Upcoming public forums will provide information about the content of the draft rule, which would allow, quote, "law-abiding and qualified people to carry firearms in many university buildings." That's according to Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz.

"The firearms Research Center on the UW campus has come up with a, supposedly a draft to allow at least some concealed carry on the UW campus… as it is now, I mean, unless you get it a special exception from the UW Police Department, you can't carry a firearm on campus… There's people with strong opinions on both sides who are all for it and very adamantly against it."

UW's Board of Trustees is expected to consider the draft rule during their meetings Nov. 20th through the 22nd.

Read the full story HERE.

President-Elect Donald Trump has announced a plan that went viral over the weekend to ban transgender-related treatments for kids. He also wants to denounce male participation in female sports and pull federal funding and support from transgender treatments for all ages.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland spoke to both a supporter of the plan and a detractor of it, and each say Trump is likely to succeed.

"I asked a woman on the side, where she, you know, she advocates for LGBTQ causes. And she