Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, a veteran lawmaker representing the Wind River Indian Reservation, is urging his peers to study whether allowing Arapaho prayer training in a state-funded reservation school puts Wyoming at risk of a church-and-state lawsuit.
More than 95% of third grade students at an Arapahoe, Wyoming, elementary school were not proficient in reading, writing and related skills for their grade, according to the 2022 Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress report.
With 70% of voters backing former President Trump in 2020, Wyoming is one of the most conservative states in the nation, but its policies regarding the LBGTQ+ community show Wyoming as much more moderate, says an analysis of all 50 states.