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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Tuesday, January 28th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by Visit Casper. Visit Casper invites you to come enjoy the Casper International Film Festival, January 31 through February 2. A broad range of films from local and international filmmakers will be shown. Learn more and get your tickets at visitcasper.com.

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The Wyoming Legislature is currently considering a bill that would restrict Wyoming's investment managers from investing in any company that supports environmental, social and governance, or ESG, policies.

Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that although both State Treasurer Curt Meier and Secretary of State Chuck Gray oppose ESG, they expressed significantly different opinions about HB 80 and ESG on Cowboy State Daily's Morning Show with Jake on Monday.

"When you peel past the surface, Meier is definitely more agnostic on the topic than Chuck Gray. Meier kind of believes in taking a hands off approach to it and just kind of focusing on what makes the states most the money possible, whereas Gray is totally, totally in support of taking a hard line stance against ESG and sacrificing money if it needs to, as he believes it in the long run, will decimate Wyoming."

The ESG policy as proposed is already enforced under current state rule, but the bill would codify it into law.

Read the full story HERE.

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Nearly 50 people were nabbed in an early morning raid at a private party in the Denver Metro area on Sunday morning, including illegal immigrants with suspected ties to a Venezuelan gang.

Cowboy State Daily's Jen Kocher reports that the raid also included the seizure of drugs, cash and weapons.

"They arrested 49 people. Of those 49, 41 were illegal immigrants, and an unknown number also had ties to the TdA or Tren de Aragua gang. They weren't releasing the numbers of gang members or suspected gang members… they also seized an unknown amount quantities of drugs, and that included cocaine, crack cocaine, and something called Pink cocaine… And they also seized guns as well as cash."

Sunday's bust culminated from a months-long investigation that began last August, and is part of the agency's ongoing efforts to target cartel drug operations throughout the country and in Wyoming.

Read the full story HERE.

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A Wyoming doctor urged state lawmakers Monday to pass a bill preventing doctors from being fired or stripped of their licenses for doing what he did - prescribing Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 sufferers.

If it becomes law, House Bill 164 would block employers from firing doctors, pharmacists and other prescribers who prescribe drugs to patients for off-label uses, according to Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland.

"Ivermectin is the easy example, because it was vogue to prescribe off label for COVID, duri