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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, March 11th. I'm Mac Watson.

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Noting the Trump administration backs his decision, Gov. Mark Gordon on Tuesday vetoed the Second Amendment Protection Act. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports the bill would penalize Wyoming agencies that help with federal gun enforcement operations.

"Pretty much all Wyoming law enforcement and the Trump administration's acting ICE Director do not like this bill, and so what local law enforcement are saying is they could be caught in the crossfire of vague remedies. Whereas the gun lobby is saying, this is making sure that local law enforcement stands against federal law enforcement when it comes to an issue of our gun rights. Gordon had a letter from the acting director of ice saying, this could chill other lawful operations and collaborations between state and federal law enforcement"

Senate File 101, which would impose $50,000 civil penalties on Wyoming police agencies that help with federal gun-crime enforcement operations against "law-abiding" citizens, or hire former federal agents who've conducted those operations, garnered massive controversy during this year's legislative session – as all 23 Wyoming sheriffs opposed it.

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Laramie County School District 1 says it's "aware" of a video showing a Cheyenne junior high teacher on his knees begging a student, telling her that, "I did something very wrong." Cowboy State Daily's Greg Johnson reports that one parent says the video is "creepy"

"Parents are still asking other questions, like, 'Is this person still teaching at the school? Was there a suspension?' The parents are just saying, 'Look, we just want some transparency.' We just want you to say, 'Yes, something happened, and we're addressing it.' The school did send out a statement about it to parents on their automatic system. And it basically says, 'We're aware of this situation.'"

The Cheyenne Police Department has said it's investigating a report about the incident, which involved a man, now confirmed to be an eighth-grade McCormick math teacher.

Read the full story HERE.

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The Cheyenne City Council voted on Monday to delay a final decision on forcibly annexing a farm that sells fresh, local produce. Cowboy State Daily's Kate Meadows reports the council decided to delay for eight months after hours of testimony from concerned residents.

"50 people came and actually spoke at the meeting in favor of why fresh farms being able to continue to operate their business as they have, without having to abide by city code. This ordinance took up the bulk of the meeting, and the meeting overall lasted almost six hours. This part of it lasted more than four hours. At the end of it, the city council agreed unanimously to postpone the third reading to November, which gives the city eight months to work through some more definitions, especially defining what an urban farm is and putting that into city code."

The proposed annexation has been a point of contention for months. It is part of a larger plan Mayor Patrick Collins introduced when he took office in 2021, intending to annex portions of the county that are surrounded by city land. The city council will meet again on Nov. 9th.

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