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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Thanksgiving Day, November 28th. 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.

A handful of Republican Wyoming lawmakers are looking to revive a bill that would ban sanctuary cities and counties in the state.

The effort picked up steam after Immigration, Customs and Enforcement said Tuesday that the Teton County Sheriff's Office has let 103 illegal immigrants who were in the local jail slip away before ICE could get them in the past 21 months. But Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the sanctuary city label doesn't apply in this case.

"According to the Jackson mayor and the Teton county commission chairman, neither of those subdivisions is considered sanctuary. They both said, No, we're not sanctuary. We're not passing regulations to restrict officials from working with ice. So the people in Jackson and Teton county are not sure if this bill would even apply to them."

New Wyoming Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams said she and others aligned with the group are committed to pro-security immigration efforts in Wyoming.

Read the full story HERE.

A bill that would take away the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations that support terrorists in America is quickly moving through Congress with Rep. Harriet Hageman's support.

If the bill passes into law, it would allow the U.S. Treasury secretary to label a group as terrorist supporting if it's determined to have provided material support or resources to a terrorist group within the past three years. Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson has the story.

"Some people who are concerned about this bill is way too broad of powers. Hageman told me on Monday, she's not concerned about that, and she thinks it's very clear what is and what is not considered a terrorist organization. Other groups like the Wyoming Democratic Party expressed concern about this bill and urged their followers on Facebook to call Hageman and vote against it. She still voted to support it. Last week, the bill passed the House and now is moving to the Senate."

The IRS defines a terrorist organization as a group that is designated or identified as supporting or engaging in terrorist activity.

Read the full story HERE.

Residents in Sheridan and Casper don't need to look any further than out their front windows to catch the Thanksgiving spirit. Both cities have huge populations of urban wild turkeys.

At least for now, the turkeys in both cities are safe from coming off the streets and on to dinner tables, although fo