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Let’s get to this week’s update and the four big things (I know we generally go three things, but it was a big week) that happened this week.
Wyoming’s nursing home COVID-19 resident ratio for the four-week period ending Dec. 18, was 7.27 cases per 100 residents, which is the eighth highest in the nation and up from November’s rate of 6.7 cases per 100 residents.
A couple of legislative veterans and stalwarts will take the reigns of the Legislature’s Minerals, Business, and Economic Development Committee.
The Wyoming Legislature's Travel, Wildlife, and Cultural Resource Committee has explored a priority points program for those who like to hunt in Wyoming.
Wyoming's Revenue Subcommittees of the Wyoming Legislature will handle debate on property tax relief for the state's citizens, before forwarding bills to the Legislature as a whole.
The Wyoming Tribal Relations Committee will examine a bill that sets up a "Amber Alert," type of warning for missing vulnerable adults.
The Wyoming Legislature's Agriculture, State and Public Lands; Water Resource Committee is exploring what sorts of fences can be used for someone trying to share the cost with ranchers, as well as water conservation issues.
The Wyoming Legislature's Education Subcommittees have a lot on their plate in the 2023 session, discussing a lawsuit brought by the state Education Association, as well as Community College efforts.
Cale Case will step back into the position of chairman of the Senate Corporations Committee in Wyoming's 2023 legislative session.
As with most other Legislative committees, the Transportation Committee will also have new leadership as Senator Brian Boner moves over from the Ag committee, bringing a background in military affairs. Meanwhile, the House committee will have Landon Brown as its chair.
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