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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Wednesday, April 9th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by Wyoming Community Gas. The Choice Gas selection period ends on Wednesday April 23rd – This is your opportunity to select your Natural Gas Provider for the coming year. For more information, visit Wyoming Community Gas dot ORG."

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The UW Faculty Senate on Monday evening drafted a resolution of "no confidence" in UW President Ed Seidel's leadership, following some departmental turnover and recent funding controversies, and allegations that he falls short involving others in major decision-making.

Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the UW Board of Trustees considered that statement, and the concerns that prompted it, during a lengthy executive session Tuesday morning.

"The Board of Trustees descended into this two hour long executive session to discuss personnel matters. And that's usually a harbinger, like we're going to get out of the executive session and we're going to vote what to do with this person. That's generally how those go right, even though, by law, they're private. And so he he was very nervous, and gave a speech like, I am going to do better, including others in my decision making, in top decisions at this university. And he was looking just nervous. And then the Executive Session happened, and everyone came out, and the board chair said, we're going to make a committee to promote this concept of shared governance that the faculty have identified it as a weak spot. And when that was going on, Seidel. Was hands clasped, looking grateful, looking emotional. And so I did, I did confirm with the university spokesman, as of Tuesday, he is still the president."

Seidel promised publicly in Tuesday morning's board meeting to address faculty and leadership concerns.

Read the full story HERE.

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Wyoming's congressional delegation Tuesday basked in the glow of a White House ceremony where President Donald Trump signed four executive orders aimed at reversing a nearly decade-long decline of coal.

It's potentially a watershed moment to boost the economy of the nation's No. 1 coal state, according to Cowboy State Daily's Sean Barry.

"What these executive orders would do is be incredibly important to the coal industry. It's going to revitalize coal. And the reason this is so important is, as most Wyomingites know, Wyoming is by far the nation's number one coal producing state. No state is going to benefit from this more than Wyoming… these orders to help the coal industry by, for example, removing the moratorium on federal leases. Coal companies, like other energy companies, lease federal lands. Well, there was a moratorium on that. This scraps the moratorium. It does other things. It looks to keep coal fired. Electricity plants up and continuing to run, even though many of them were scheduled to be retired… But the most memorable moment for sure, was when Trump singled out the two US senators and Rep Harriet Hageman as well."

The nation's two largest coal mines by far are in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, which extends north into Montana.

Read the full story HERE.

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