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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Thursday, May 15th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by the Wyoming Community Foundation, who asks you to give back to the place you call home. "5 to thrive" is YOUR opportunity to leave a legacy for generations to come. Support the community nonprofits you care about with a gift through the Wyoming Community Foundation. Visit wycf.org to learn more.

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Charges are expected in at least one of two shootings in Casper on Sunday, while the family of a man killed at an apartment complex there is pleading with the city's young people to, quote, "put the guns away."

Anicio Bernard was killed in a double shooting at Foxhill Apartments early Sunday evening. Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck reports that in a message on a GoFundMe campaign page, the family is asking the city's youth to take this opportunity to change their lives for the better.

"The parents of the victim who was shot and and killed Sunday night is pleading with the young people in the community to get rid of their guns, come out of the darkness and choose life… saying that their son had made bad choices… they said that he was trying to do better, but he couldn't get out of the situation he was in. We don't know what that was, but we know that they said that if other young people in the community continue down the same path, they're going to have the same result, and they're going to leave families in the same situation they are, you know, trying to pick up the pieces."

Meanwhile, a Natrona County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said Wednesday that she expected charges will be filed against a 21-year-old man involved in a separate shooting near the same time Sunday on South Washington Street.

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A Democratic senator from New York said Wednesday he knows what's best for Wyomingites to avoid higher energy prices.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was taking aim at Republican-led House legislation on the U.S. budget, citing Wyoming as a state that will see up to 30% higher energy prices if Republicans move forward with current tax and budget legislation in the U.S. House.

Cowboy State Daily's Sean Barry reports that, needless to say, his remarks did not go over very well with U.S. Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming.

"Chuck Schumer is a minority leader in the US Senate… on the Senate floor, there's legislation to cut wind and solar power tax credits… He says that's going to drive up energy prices, most notably electricity bills… He's citing a report that it's a little vague. He doesn't really go into the report much. He cites a 30% increase in costs for Wyoming residents if this Republican led legislation goes through… Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming is having none of this. He he listens to this speech, and then he gets up there, and it's an impromptu rebuttal, and just says, Listen, you know, it's Joe Biden. The Democrats. They're the ones who caused the increased energy prices through their climate change policies, by stopping oil and coal production and so forth."

At least two House committees have bills with energy-related provisions that might wind up in one final package to be considered by the full House and Senate.

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