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WPA Bulletin MARCH 2021 2121 Evans Avenue • Cheyenne, WY 82001 • 307/635-3905 • Fax 307/635-3912 • Wyopress@Wyopress.Org • WPA Bulletin MARCH 2021 2121 Evans Avenue • Cheyenne, WY 82001 • 307/635-3905 • Fax 307/635-3912 • [email protected] • www.wyopress.org Calendar PUBLIC NOTICES REMAIN IN NEWSPAPERS of Events “HARDLY ANYBODY VISITS LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITES” Senate File 17 was defeated on the Senate Sen. Affi e Ellis asked the CoW to “sleep on APRIL 23 fl oor 20 to 9 (with one confl ict) on March 5. it,” give it another look and keep the bill alive. Af- WPA Spring The bill would have removed public notice ter the vote was called for, declared that the no’s Board Meeting from newspapers on meeting minutes and salaries had it and division was called, Sen. Ellis could MAY 31 for cities, counties and school districts and require be seen motioning to her fellow senators to stand the information be posted only on the government up in favor. The bill then moved forward on fi rst Memorial Day entity’s website. reading with 15 ‘yes’ votes and 12 ‘no’ votes. Offi ce Closed Most of the discussion against the bill on fi rst During second reading Sen. Ellis brought for- Feb 3, 2022 reading was about disenfranchising segments of ward an amendment that would keep the require- WPA Annual Convention Wyoming from access to the information. Many ment for publishing in newspapers and would also Casper senators noted calls from their senior constitu- require that government entities post notices on ents asking to keep their websites. the notices in their Sen. Nethercott said newspapers. Sen. that if this amendment Wendy Schuler said ...he had received a lot of helped walk “us” down that hardly anybody comments from constituents saying the path of information visits local gov- “ online and start “us” they did not want these notices taken ernment websites. where “we” need to be Sen. Chris Rothfuss away from their newspapers in the future, she was asked if savings in favor of it, even if it were worth the cost ” added a cost burden. of not informing people. Sen. R.J. Kost suggested a sunset on the Sen. Bo Biteman pointed out that payments newspaper requirement, stating it was a good step SEE PUBLIC NOTICES for county and town association dues can be high- towards moving things where they needed to be. PRINTED IN ALL OF er than the entity spends on the entirety of their Sen. Charlie Scott said that the bill was sup- WYOMING’S public notices. Sen. Ogden Driskill told the CoW posed to save money to counties and cities and the NEWSPAPERS (Committee of the Whole) that no government amendment would defeat that purpose. Visit entities had gotten a hold of him to say that they Sen. Rothfuss said that he was concerned wyopublicnotices.com wanted the bill, but he had received a lot of com- about the level of investigation and understand- ments from constituents saying they did not want ing of the suffi ciency of local government web- these notices taken away from their newspapers. sites and that there was not a level of proof that an Sen. Tara Nethercott pointed out that the Cor- additional workload to cities and counties would porations Committee supported the bill, and that it not add a level of cost. He said there needed to be was not due to any lack of respect or value of the further study on the cost and consequence of such Fourth Estate, but because it was forcing a man- action. date that was outdated. She also suggested that Sen. Ed Cooper said that in his district news- newspapers should operate better because, in her papers are the source of information and that it was opinion, the bill would pass in the future. imperative that this information remain there. First reading of the bill included an amend- Sen. Ellis’s amendment failed 10 to 17. ment by Sen. Nethercott that allowed the gov- On third reading, Sen. Bill Landen said that ernment entities included in the bill to either in recent years the Corporations Committee had publish the notices on their government website worked extremely hard to pass sunshine laws and or a “qualifi ed online publication.” Nethercott ex- that this was not the time to reverse that. plained to the CoW that the amendment was for The WPA legislative committee is grateful for legitimate news sources for communities online. all the assistance received from members and The amendment failed with only 10 yes votes. See PUBLIC NOTICES REMAIN page 12 PAGE 2 MARCH 2021 WPA BULLETIN 2021 WPA BOARD MEMBERS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANTS Jen Sieve-Hicks, President Buffalo Bulletin COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE OFFERS $2,000 FOR RESEARCH P.O. Box 730 • Buffalo, WY 82834 (307) 684-2223/Fax (307) 684-7431 By Mark Jenkins, to make it? How do factors like economic op- Email: [email protected] Rhoads Scholar, portunity, cultural diversity or outdoor amenities Jeff Moberg Wyoming Humanities play into these decisions? And what efforts are Vice-President * Sec./Treas. Months before the Jan- underway to stem the tide of loss? We are in- Sundance Times PO Box 400 • Sundance, WY 82729 uary 6 insurrection at the terviewing young people of all backgrounds as (307) 283-3411/Fax (307) 283-3332 U.S. Capitol in Washington well as representatives from University of Wy- Email: [email protected] D.C., it was clear America oming and other state leaders who are exploring Toby Bonner was becoming deeply po- “youth in transition.” Powell Tribune larized, radicalized and un- 125 S. Bent • Powell, WY 82435 able to fi nd common ground on complex prob- NEWCASTLE NEWS LETTER JOURNAL (307) 754-2221/Fax (307) 754-4873 Email: [email protected] lems. Wyoming was not immune to this chaos Publisher Bob Bonnar and public displays of hatred and violence. Kristen Czaban During the summer of 2020, Black Lives We are focusing on the impact legislative The Sheridan Press P.O. Box 2006 • Sheridan, WY 82801 Matter parades pitted placard-wielding protest- redistricting has had on the city of Newcastle. In (307) 672-2431/Fax (307) 672-7950 ers against weapons-wielding citizens in Sher- 2012, the city was split into two different legis- Email: [email protected] idan, Laramie and Jackson. On November 2, a lative districts and Weston County subsequent- Rob Mortimore Natrona County Commissioners health outreach ly lost its state senator. We are examining the Torrington Telegram session was interrupted and eventually ended by history of this decision, how it has changed the 2025 Main • Torrington, WY 82240 a cabal of loud, anti-science hecklers. Later that community, the manner in which local leaders (307) 532-2184/Fax (307) 532-2283 Email: [email protected] month, sheriffs in Teton County were harassed engage with the community, and what the future for trying to encourage mask wearing. On Jan- holds for future redistricting. Kevin Olson uary 4, a former state representative led a mob Jackson Hole News&Guide P.O. Box 7445 • Jackson, WY 83002 of anti-maskers to the Wyoming Capitol steps CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE (307) 733-2047/Fax (307) 733-2138 where he burned his mask and declared “the Editor Brandon Foster, reporters Email: [email protected] governor is killing Wyoming.” Morgan Hughes and Ellen Gerst Joshua Wood Without rational, respectful, evidence-based Saratoga Sun dialogue, our democracy is in grave danger. To We are using the Natrona County Commis- P.O. Box 489 • Saratoga, WY 82331 this end, late last year, Wyoming Humanities sioners meeting in which members of the public 307/326-8311/Fax (307) 326-5108 established the Collaborative Journalism Initia- Email: [email protected] shouted down health offi cials as a jumping-off tive. Grants of $2000 would be given to news point for our two-pronged project. In one story, Matt Adelman organizations that researched and wrote stories we are exploring the idea of civic engagement NNA Past-president Douglas Budget that focused on “the challenges and opportuni- through the lens of that chaotic event: Which PO Box 109 • 310 Center St. ties for disparate groups in Wyoming to com- parts of the population participate in local gov- Douglas, WY 82633 municate effectively and come together to solve ernment and which are absent? How do you best Email: [email protected] local problems.” deal with a “vocal minority?” Do incidents like Milton Ontiveroz, Assoc. Chair Eight news organizations were eventually this make community members less comfortable University of Wyoming awarded grants. Wyoming Humanities had a interacting with their local leaders and how do Institutional Communications Dept. 3226, 1000 E. Univ. Ave. Zoom meeting March 3 with all the grant win- you give a voice to those who might represent a Laramie, WY 82071 ners and learned about the stories they are work- marginalized portion of the community? (307) 766-6709/Fax (307) 766-6729 ing on, all of which will be published by May 1. In another story, we are focusing on me- Email: [email protected] Below is a preview: dia literacy, trying to discern what lessons local Cindy Price Schultz health experts have learned from attempting to University of Wyoming WYOFILE explain science to the community during the Communication and Journalism Editor Katie Klingsporn, pandemic: What is the best way to share factual Dept. 3904, 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 writer Dustin Bleizeffer information with residents in an easily digest- Email: [email protected] ible way? What should health offi cials do when We are examining what’s it like to live as a Ken Smith some members of the community believe they University of Wyoming young person in Wyoming.
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