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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, November 12th. I'm Mac Watson. This newscast is "Brought to you by the University of Wyoming Center on Aging. Did you know that 1 in 3 Wyoming adults have pre-diabetes, and most don't realize it? Are you tough enough to know your numbers? Take the quiz at: Find Out WY dot org."

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After 46 years in Colorado Springs, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and ProRodeo Hall of Fame are considering a move to Cheyenne. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports the move makes a ton of sense.

"This is a perfect matchup. I mean, Cheyenne is where the 'Daddy of them all' the big rodeo Cheyenne Frontier Days is a lot of the I went and looked at the Hall of Famers. A lot of them, if they aren't from Wyoming, they still went to Wyoming for Cheyenne Frontier Days and won a buckle there…Plus, Colorado Springs is more focused on being the Olympic city rather than being the rodeo city. If you brought the pro Rodeo Hall of Fame to Wyoming, it's like bringing the NFL here. You know, professional rodeo is our sport, right? And so a lot of people are seeing this as like, 'Well, hey, how come no one ever thought of this before?'"

Economic development entity Cheyenne LEADS CEO Betsey Hale tells Cowboy State Daily that one of the reasons the PRCA is seriously considering a move to Wyoming is that it's outgrown the space in Colorado Springs.

Read the full story HERE.

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Cheyenne City Council member Mark Moody is spearheading a proposal that would increase the fine for sleeping on city streets. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker reports, if passed, the fine would escalate considerably.

"The Cheyenne City Council is weighing an amendment to a city ordinance that would increase the fine for sleeping in city streets by 15 times, from $50 all the way to $750…Cowboy State daily also spoke to several business owners in an area that has a known homeless encampment there, and those individuals said that they're not necessarily concerned either by the homeless population. There one business owner told me they're human beings and expressed a willingness to support them in any way possible, and said that this increased fine is only going to make the situation worse, rather than helping these individuals get into a better place."

The proposal will go through the public services committee, where it will undergo discussion before being brought up at a future city council meeting for a second reading, during which members of the community will have an opportunity to give public comment.

Read the full story HERE.

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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a marketing company suing Kanye West's 2020 presidential campaign, which was registered in Wyoming, failed to show it was cheated out of payment. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that it was up to the rapper to prove there was a contract.

"Monday, the appeals court both said, 'Whoa, this company failed to show that there was ever a contract between it and Kanye.' You know, they might have had some understanding with this other company that was doing services for Kanye 2020 but the company that's actually suing failed to show a contract with Kanye West, and so their case is going to rightfully be dismissed."

SeedX Inc. was a marketing company that accused the Kanye 2020 campaign of denying it payments for services it said it provided West's presidential campaign lost in court in April. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson, of W