Green River Star -
May 6, 2021
It was after moving to Green River that Mark Baker found himself traveling along Interstate 80 much more frequently.
Baker, the Republican legislator representing House District 60, said he sees what kind of threat driving on I-80 can be for people commuting between Sweetwater County’s two cities as a result of heavy traffic often using the route. Semi trucks, using the route as a direct means of shipping goods across the country, are a common sight on the interstate, as well as travelers and locals making their way to their destinations.
The heavy traffic load means an increased potent.
With Gov. Mark Gordonâs public health orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 set to expire, a departing Wyoming Republican lawmaker is organizing a protest at the Wyoming State Capitol on Monday to urge those orders not be renewed, though infection numbers have fallen off since the orders took effect.
Outgoing Rep. Scott Clem, R-Gillette, plans to march on the Wyoming State Capitol at noon Monday to âpeaceably assemble and protest the tyranny of our Wyoming State Governor,â he said Monday in a Facebook post, claiming that Gordon views Wyoming residents as âsubjects to be controlled by big brother.â