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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Thursday, September 25th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom… Brought to you by Wyoming Interventional and Vascular Associates. WIVA offers the best solution for treating tired, aching and swollen legs, at Wyoming's only IAC-accredited vein facility. With virtually no downtime and minimal risks, if you're ready for relief, see what WIVA can do for you. Schedule a consultation at Casper Medical Imaging dot net, forward slash WIVA.

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Gov. Mark Gordon on Wednesday said anticipated budget shortages precipitated by a 25% property tax cut are one of several critical issues county and local officials must confront during the coming budget session. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker reports the governor made the remarks while addressing the 2025 Wyoming Association of County Officers meeting in Rock Springs, a gathering of county officials from across the state.

"I spoke to some commissioners who were saying that they're concerned this is going to begin impacting local services such as emergency ambulances, such as trash pickup, such as community events, and they were really worried that, without finding some other source of funding, that this was going to continue to impact them in a really serious way. I spoke to one commissioner from Hot Springs County, Tom Ryan, the chairman, who told me that he was concerned that all these cuts are going to make his county more dependent on state dollars, rather than these local dollars, which he argued is going to have a big effect down the line."

The governor acknowledged having flown into town through a thick fog that morning, which he likened to the coming budget concerns facing Wyoming's elected officials.

Read the full story HERE.

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In 2021 when YouTube announced it was censoring anti-vaccine content, Scott Clem had a vague sense of a brewing conspiracy and that something wasn't right.

What the former Wyoming representative said on Facebook at the time, was that YouTube's new policy was "the end of free speech."

According to the information available at the time, he was wrong. But on Tuesday, Alphabet, the company overseeing YouTube and Google, took accountability for caving to government pressure. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland spoke to Clem about his hunch.

"Back in 2021 Scott Clem, a former Wyoming State Representative, posted that YouTube's new covid and election censorship policies were the end of free speech and cowboy state daily, we were quick to correct him, like no private platforms can do what they want…I circled back to Scott Clem on Wednesday, like, okay, so you intuited that this was a free speech issue when we were around to critique you. What do you have to say today? And he said, Yeah, I kind of thought the government was behind it all along…

Clem told Cowboy State Daily, people should still be vigilant to defend freedom of speech no matter which party is in power.

Read the full story HERE.

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A nuclear fuel manufacturing company explained Wednesday why it required nondisclosure agreements with Gillette city officials before discussing a proposed facility that could bring more than 200 jobs to Campbell County. Cowboy State Daily's David Madison reports that the public is concerned about the secrecy surrounding the