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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Friday, November 21st. 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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While his funeral was happening 1,770 miles from his hometown of Casper, Wyoming, there was a palpable Wyoming feel to Dick Cheney's funeral service Thursday in Washington, D.C. Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that former President George W. Bush remembered him as "true man of the West."

"Bush was talking about how one day at kindergarten, his grandson asked if he could take him to school for show and tell. Dad's the Vice President takes him to show and tell. He wasn't too busy for it. He went. He did it and said that the boy said that the teacher then remarked 'That was the best show and tell since some other girl, a little girl, brought her cow to school,' which is a very Wyoming, Wyoming thing to do."

Dick Cheney had four decades of public service that included being the youngest White House chief of staff, a congressman from Wyoming, Pentagon chief, and the 46th vice president of the United States.

Read the full story HERE.

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The town of Laramie is all abuzz as it prepares for Josh Allen's return for the retirement of his Wyoming Cowboys' football jersey on Saturday. Cowboy State Daily's Anna-Louise Jackson reports things will start getting busy in downtown Laramie on Friday and carry through late Saturday night.

" So on Friday night, this is a tradition for the Cowboys. The marching band comes downtown and plays at various bars downtown and it's pretty festive and fun. And then the game is at noon on Saturday, so tailgating will start in the morning, probably as early as nine, maybe even earlier, potentially…Saturday morning, Josh Allen will meet with the team ahead of their game, and then I think he'll probably be watching the game from somewhere, and then at halftime. The whole reason he's here is because his number 17 jersey from when he was a player at the university will be retired during halftime, during a ceremony. At halftime, he was already inducted into the University of Wyoming Hall of Fame, the Athletic Hall of Fame, earlier this year. So this is kind of the conclusion that he's the first player ever to have his jersey retired."

The University of Wyoming spent $2 million to run a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl featuring newly minted NFL MVP and UW alum Josh Allen created quite a buzz.

Read the full story HERE.

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Wyoming lawmakers advanced five property tax reform plans Wednesday. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that one of the measures, if passed by the Legislature and the people of Wyoming, would change the state Constitution to eliminate residential property tax altogether.

"The committee, they heard from the county commissions, the Wyoming County Commissioners Association, they heard from a person representing 99 municipalities, cities and towns in Wyoming, and they heard from others just saying, hey, this shifts the taxing power into states. Hands, blanching our local communities, taking away their taxing power, taking away their autonomy, and and it could jeopardize things like ambulance, fire, library and, you know, the proponents, especially those you know, lawmakers sitting in the seats were saying, Yeah, but some people, their property taxes have doubled."