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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, November 27th. 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.

Within the past 21 months, the Teton County Sheriff's Office has allowed 103 illegal immigrants to slip away from Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE.

That's what the agency told Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland on Tuesday.

The statement countered earlier statements by Teton County Sheriff Matt Carr, regarding a dispute about whether Carr's office has scuttled ICE's operations in recent months.

"I still have a hard time reconciling what I says with what the sheriff says. The narratives are so different. You know, on the one hand, I says it would help if the sheriff would notify us when someone's going to be released. That way we can, you know, get our butts up there, and the sheriff says, I do notify them. And so I just as a reporter, usually, even when people are coming from diametrically opposite standpoints, you can find the you can find where they overlap. And with this story, not as much."

Carr defended his decision to only detain people when ICE gets a judge-signed order, saying he's concerned about getting sued for holding people too long.

Read the full story HERE.

The Bureau of Land Management has made it official. It will end coal leasing on the Powder River Basin by 2041.

Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports the decision to block off 48.12 billion short tons of coal in the Powder River Basin has attracted widespread criticism in Wyoming, including Gov. Mark Gordon - who has publicly pledged to fight the decision in court.

"The Bureau of Land Management… determined they really didn't need to issue any more coal leases, that there was plenty to maintain mine production levels into 2041 so essentially, what they've done is they've written off the Powder River Basin for any more coal leases, and basically written the funeral date for Wyoming's one of Wyoming's richest coal resources as 2041."

On Tuesday, Gordon reiterated his intent to fight the decision, which puts a date to coal's demise in the state. Wyoming has already spent $800,000 on a retainer, the high-powered Arlington, Virginia-based law firm of Consovoy McCarthy, which has argued multiple appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read the full story HERE.

State Rep. Martha Lawley of Worland believes it's time for Wyoming legislators to make a strong statement and stand against transgender participation in female sports.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that Lawley is planning to introduce an amendment to Wyoming's 2023 Student Eligibility In Interscholastic Sports law to extend the state's ban on transgender participation in female sports to the collegiate level.

"I spoke to Lawley about this bill, and she said that this was partially inspired by the recent events involving a San Jose State volleyball player… Lawley said that this issue needs to be addressed at the collegiate level, because the NCAA has not been effectively handling what she sees as a problem. Lawley is also bringing a bill this