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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Monday, April 27th. I'm Mac Watson.

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The Republican Party decided Saturday that political candidates will need to "strongly" support at least 80% of the Wyoming GOP platform if they want to run as a Republican. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that the party also declared its independence and will sue the state.

"There's ongoing litigation where the Wyoming Republican Party leadership doesn't like that the state restricts it. It restricts who can choose delegates. It restricts whether they can financially back one Republican over another in the primary election. And so they've just for years there's been this tension, and now they've found what they call this series of persuasive cases where they say, 'Yeah, we as a private group have associational rights, and we're going to sort of indicate those. On the other hand, while this issue actually is ongoing in a state case right now and then the party is going to file a federal case soon, they say. They also have privileges under state law."

Another theme of Saturday's final day was calling for unifying Wyoming Republicans during a time of overall political division and discord.

Read the full story HERE.

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Nearly 50 years after a Wyoming man died in Vietnam, his family discovered reel-to-reel recordings he sent home. Cowboy State Daily's Zak Sonntag reports that Capt. William Graves' daughter says she has a new perspective of her dad she could never have appreciated as a child.

"What makes it so interesting is that at the time, they're just recording it, almost like a conversation. So it's very candid, it's very intimate, it's very personal, and it gets put into a manila envelope, into a storage unit. And it is really powerful to consider what this felt like for them, and how much it has changed the way they think about their father and their upbringing and his role in their lives. After not hearing his voice for 47 years and being reminded, hey, this was somebody who cared a lot about us."

Rhonda Jo McLean was 5 years old the last time she saw her father in 1967. She remembers watching out the window of the family station wagon as an airplane carried him to a faraway place called Vietnam. Her father died three months later while flying a reconnaissance mission for the U.S. Army.

Read the full story HERE.

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Cheyenne's real estate market is heating up, with homes between $800,000 to the low $1 millions becoming more commonplace. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that real estate agents are crediting data centers for the surge.

"I don't think this is something where Cheyenne is becoming Jackson Hole. But you know, data centers are bringing a lot of workers here who are going to be making higher than average salaries. Some of them are going to want better accommodations. One thing about that is, as people move up and take better housing, they leave behind more affordable, attainable housing that they're no longer in. And so it can still help ease the market somewhat."

Realtor Mariah Jeffery with Coldwell Banker tells Cowboy State Daily that she's seeing a huge demand for industrial spaces, not just single-family houses.

Read the full story HERE.

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