The Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute announced the appointment of two new Commission members, Fremont County’s own Eli Bebout, and Representative Mike Greear.
Eli Bebout is a veteran Wyoming politician and former President of the Wyoming State Senate, representing District 26 from Riverton, in Fremont County.
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Republican Bebout is also a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and his party’s nominee for governor in the 2002 general election.
Senator Bebout earned his B.S. in engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1969. In addition to his political career, he has worked as a petroleum engineer, a drilling contractor, and was the owner of Nucor Oil and Gas, Inc.
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Earlier this week, Governor Mark Gordon signed more than 30 bills into law and HB116 was one of them.
This law allows Wyoming residents who meet necessary statutory criteria to carry a concealed firearm without requiring a permit.
Credit for getting this bill through the Wyoming State Legislature goes to 16 Representatives and seven Senators who sponsored the legislation.
State Senator Bo Biteman and Representative Mark Jennings of Sheridan were both co-sponsors of HB116.
Published Thursday, April 8, 2021
by Jackie Mitchell | Ballotpedia via The Center Square
The Wyoming State Legislature has referred a constitutional amendment to the 2022 ballot that would allow the legislature to provide by law for local governments (county, city, township, town, school district, or other political subdivision) to invest funds in stocks and equities.
Legislation establishing or increasing the percentage of funds a local government could invest would require a two-thirds supermajority vote of the state legislature. Currently, the state constitution allows the state legislature to authorize certain state funds to be invested in stocks.
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67 percent) supermajority vote is required in both the Wyoming State Senate and the Wyoming House of Representatives.
This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily
By Jackie Mitchell, Ballotpedia via The Center Square for Cowboy State Daily
The Wyoming State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the 2022 ballot that would allow the legislature to provide by law for local governments (county, city, township, town, school district, or other political subdivision) to invest funds in stocks and equities.
Legislation establishing or increasing the percentage of funds a local government could invest would require a two-thirds supermajority vote of the state legislature. Currently, the state constitution allows the state legislature to authorize certain state funds to be invested in stocks.
The Johnson County Commission accomplished something that the 66
th Wyoming State Legislature failed to do during its ongoing general session this year… that is to pass a resolution preserving a citizen’s 2
nd Amendment Right to bear arms.
During the Commission’s meeting yesterday morning, a resolution was unanimously passed to identify the county as a 2
nd Amendment Preservation County.
Chairman Bill Novotny spent a full 4 minutes to read the entire resolution, ending with this final statement…