Daily news roundup, Feb. 22, 2008
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Feb 23, 2008 Posted by Bill Luckett
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
What a wild, wild, wild, wild week! This morning, I strolled down to the Laramie County Clerk’s Office with Brodie Farquhar, managing editor of WyoFile.com, who is researching a story on new voter registrations. Just because (*wink*). Laramie County Clerk Debbye Lathrop counted all of the new Democratic Party registrations FROM THIS MORNING ALONE, and we were approaching 80, and that’s just in under three hours. The numbers are astonishing really. About 400 in Albany County this week. Another 368 in Natrona County. Between 250 and 300 in Teton County. When you consider that these are all the NEW people, to say nothing of those who were already registered as Democrats from the last election, you can begin to get a picture of what kind of turnout we could see at our March 8 county caucuses/conventions. For more, here’s Brodie’s story:
County clerks report new registration activity
FROM THE LEGISLATURE
Panel takes up subsurface rights bill (Casper Star-Tribune) – This bill addresses the future of carbon sequestration in Wyoming.
House gives preliminary approval to helium tax (Wyoming Public Radio)
CBM water bill would give landowners more leverage (Wyoming Public Radio)
Dogfighting bill clears house (Casper Star-Tribune)
European Union ambassador to address Legislature, visit UW next week (Casper Star-Tribune)
House votes for state park fee hike (Casper Star-Tribune)
Bill would boost DUI penalties (Casper Star-Tribune)
County assessors: Expand existing property tax relief program (Casper Star-Tribune)
Senate supports $7.3 million endowment fund for libraries (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
IN OTHER NEWS
Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday:
Feds say wolves have recovered
Related: Plans submitted by Idaho, Montana and Wyoming indicate the states will likely maintain between 900 and 1,250 wolves for the foreseeable future, federal officials said:
The Jackson Hole News & Guide offers this article on the wolf delisting:
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports that public comments on a proposal to control prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland will now be allowed through March 24:
Forest Service extends comment on prairie dog poisoning plan
The Laramie Boomerang reports on Mike Enzi’s speech at UW yesterday:
Federal land managers this week approved a $180.5 million bid for the Eagle Butte West coal tract north of Gillette:
Eagle Butte coal sale nets $180 million
The Jackson paper continues its reporting on the South Park project. Wearing green “Housing Now” baseball caps, supporters of a 500-home development south of Jackson told stories of housing woes during a public hearing Wednesday:
The Riverton Ranger reports on an agreement between that town and the federal government to pave the way for a $30 million to $40 million Job Corps facility there: