Wyoming Political Blogwire

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• My folks - what hopeless romantics ... "their voting records are drastically different and they have even helped kill each other's bills."

  —Wyomingirl: Campaigning for Congress

  CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE, 1985

  Strange bedfellows — “Love conquers party differences

  “When Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Cheyenne wants to know what time her husband will be home for dinner, all she needs to do is send a message down the hall of the state Capitol to the Senate chamber, and Sen. Al [...]

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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:47pm EST
  

• My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7)

  —Wyomingirl: Campaigning for Congress

  My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7): John Mayer (16) Miike Snow (3) Camera Obscura (2) The Hood Internet (1) Wakey! Wakey! (1)

  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 2:10pm EST
  

• Want to be an Outdoor Writer?

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  Want to spend a week this summer with some of the nation's best-known outdoor writers, practicing the craft of outdoor writing in writer-friendly Missoula?  The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) will host its first Goldenrod Writing Workshop at the University of Montana in Missoula August 1-7, 2010. Open [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 1:38pm EST
  

• Colorado Rancher Says Wolves May Have Arrived; Welcomes Their Return

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  This information was provided by the Wildlands Network. NewWest's bulletin board offers press releases with a wide variety of views and news about the West. DeBeque, ColoradoA DNA test of scat samples is all that remains before a western Colorado ranch owner knows for sure if wild wolves are present on [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 11:25am EST
  

• Where Have All the Ski Bums Gone?

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  They're not on the ski slopes. They're not in the bars. Have all the ski bums left Big Sky? A lot of guys are skiing backcountry now because it's free, said John the physical therapist. Also, a lot of them worked construction to support their skiing habits. Those jobs don't' [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 10:07am EST
  

• I love this theater and coffee and sweets shop just around the...

  —Wyomingirl: Campaigning for Congress

  
  
  

  I love this theater and coffee and sweets shop just around the corner.  What’s the name…

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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 10:04am EST
  

• Free Webinars on WestlawNext

  —Law Library Letter

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  WestLaw has announced free webinars for WestlawNext.
  See how one search, which you formulate in your terms, retrieves on-point results from across WestlawNext – delivered in order of relevancesSee timesaving, work-saving tools that help you analyze, organize, annotate and highlight search results.See a wide variety of other breakthrough [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:33am EST
  by Katie

• An Interview with T.C. Boyle

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  T.C. Boyle will appear at the Boulder Book Store Tuesday for what he calls a performance of his two most recent books, his ninth short story collection, Wild Child, and the paperback release of his twelfth novel, The Women, which examines the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright from the [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:00am EST
  

• An Interview with T.C. Boyle

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  T.C. Boyle will appear at the Boulder Book Store Tuesday for what he calls a performance of his two most recent books, his ninth short story collection, Wild Child, and the paperback release of his twelfth novel, The Women, which examines the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright from the [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:00am EST
  

• GREATER CAUTION NEEDED BEFORE SUPPORTING THINNING/BIOMASS PROJECTS

  —NewWest.Net Headlines

  Fire suppression effects on fuels are likely exaggerated. Most forests types are well within their historic range of variability.  Most of the acreage burned in fires annually is in forest types that historically experienced moderate to significant stand replacement blazes. Thus the idea that large fires that occur are the [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2010, 6:25am EST
  

• "Wyoming School’s Anti-Hate Program Reveals Intolerance"

  —hummingbirdminds

  In today's New West, Michael Pearlman wrote about the Wheatland "No Place for Hate" controversy:
  
  Wyoming School’s Anti-Hate Program Reveals Intolerance [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2010, 9:23pm EST