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Congresswoman Harriet Hageman loves to call Wyoming students to let them know that they have been accepted to such prestigious schools as West Point.
Recently, the congresswoman called Luke, a student from Sheridan, Wyoming, to congratulate him on being accepted to two different U.S. service academies.
Luke's Dual Acceptance was a surprise, but not a surprise when you consider what an outstanding young man he is.
He was first offered admission to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and subsequently received notification of his acceptance to the U.S. Naval Academy.
When it comes to anti-fossil fuel policies, few cities have pursued them with as much gusto as Boulder, Colorado. In 2006, Boulder became one of the first local governments in the nation to adopt emission reduction targets. Then in 2019, the city went into a full-blown panic over emissions, declared a “climate emergency,” and exponentially increased its targets.
ROCK SPRINGS — U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) recently detailed her legislative efforts to overhaul commercial trucking regulations.
Speaking at the Sweetwater Events Complex on Tuesday, April 7, Hageman focused on what she described as an “explosion” of unlicensed and non-English speaking drivers on U.S. highways. The centerpiece of her plan is a new bill targeting safety gaps and licensing loopholes.
The biggest obstacle in claiming $100 million to rebuild and shore up Goshen County irrigation tunnels from a federal agency’s larger appropriation was that “everybody’s clamoring for the same money,” U.S. Rep Harriet Hageman told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday.
Out of an $889 million appropriation the U.S. Department of the Interior received via the Trump-backed one Big Beautiful Bill Act, $100 million is now officially earmarked for long-term repairs to the Fort Laramie Tunnels.
The most powerful union in the United States is putting its weight behind a GOP effort to crack down on a longtime trucking industry gimmick behind many horrific highway crashes.
Wyoming’s three members of Congress are praising President Donald Trump following his latest State of the Union address, saying his administration has delivered on promises of border security, economic growth and energy development — and pledging to help turn that agenda into lasting law.
President Donald Trump delivered the annual address Tuesday night, declaring the nation “back on track” and outlining what he described as major gains in energy, national security and affordability over the past year.
The U.S. House this month took up legislation aimed at cracking down on so‑called “chameleon carriers.”
The Wyoming Water Association (WWA) held their annual meeting and conference at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Casper from Oct. 29-31.
The three-day conference was themed “Every Drop Counts: Policy, People and the Path Forward” and featured presentations from a variety of speakers, including U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) who delivered comments on water policy, infrastructure management and federal partnership during the final day of the conference.
Policy updates
Renaming the federal Endangered Species Act to the “Endangered Species Recovery Act” is purely symbolic, but it points things in the right direction, a former Trump administration official said.
Wyoming Republican congressional delegates Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman on Thursday introduced a measure to formally add the word “recovery” to the ESA’s title.
The relabeling would aptly reflect the ESA’s original intent, Wyoming attorney William Perry Pendley told Cowboy State Daily.
Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider 12 pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the 119th Congress. One of the bills is Rep. Harriet Hageman’s (R-WY) H.R. 281, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025.