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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, June 30th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by Cheyenne Frontier Days. Ten days of rodeo thrills, Xtreme Bulls, live concerts, carnival rides, western heritage, and unforgettable cowboy spirit in Cheyenne, Wyoming! Don't miss the 129th Daddy of 'Em all July 18-27th.

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Utah Senator Mike Lee late Saturday dropped his bid to sell public lands for housing.

But President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are still on the defensive over their signature legislation, in which Lee had inserted the language. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that Lee's provision had drawn significant bipartisan opposition, a rarity in the nation's capital.

"It was late Friday, we were getting the news out of Washington DC, that Senator Mike Lee had pulled his public lands provision from the one big, beautiful bill. And this is after just outcry from western states, people across the political spectrum, some Republicans on the House side. And you know, he referenced like, Oh, this is due to misinformation. And there was some misinformation, where people were blasting maps that showed quite a bit of public lands when it was a little more defined in the bill, but, but the bill lacks specificity for a lot of people, and it didn't have a local kill switch, which was what Wyoming legislators disliked about it."

Even with Lee's language gone from the bill, the massive tax and spending package advanced 51-49 - but still faces headwinds in the Senate before a final vote by that chamber.

Read the full story HERE.

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Her name was Florence, but everyone called her Flo, which had double meaning for a woman who lived life in constant motion.

Florence McCall-Phillips was a generational figure in Teton County, where for 30 years she lived an outsized life of adventure, athleticism and art. Her death last week at the hands of a suspected drunk driver has devastated the Jackson community, and Cowboy State Daily's Zakary Sonntag reports that hundreds turned out for her funeral Saturday.

"Over the course of her time in Jackson Hole, she has become a mentor and a friend to an astounding number of people. And you wouldn't believe the amount of support and the amount of people, just the sheer volume of people that came out to honor her this weekend at St John's Episcopal Church in Jackson Hole was stunning… after the pews and the overflow filled up, the hallways filled up, and the foyer filled up, and then they gathered on the steps out front of the church… and there were tears and there were hugs and there was laughter… And you talk to people, and they said… this service could have gone for days to really talk about all the wonderful things this person did and the stories that she shared."

The hundreds of people who knew and loved McCall remembered the 58-year-old as a woman who defied conventional narratives. Her passion and audacity appeared to increase with age, and the more she took on new challenges, the more new challenges she craved to take on.

Read the full story HERE.

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There's a grizzly approaching. Your vehicle is locked, but the window's open, and you're caught between a bear and a hard place. What do you do?

If you're the Grand Teton tourist who found himself in that situation earlier this month, you take the closest way out — you go for the open car window. Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi