Secretary of State Chuck Gray is running for the United States House of Representatives.  He's in a field with eight other candidates.  In a race like this, policy positions matter because that's about the only way a candidate can distinguish themselves from everyone else.

We talked about what he's campaigning on and we had some time to talk some more Wyoming-centric issues.

Gubernatorial candidate Brent Bien sat down with me in the studio for the better part of an hour.  We dug into his lengthy military career.  Now, he's a retired "full-bird" colonel in the U.S. Marines.  We spoke at length about his plans should he be successful in his run.  Of course, we also discussed whether endorsements matter or not.  It's a great interview that gives you some rare insight into who he is.

David Giralt is one of the many candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives.  He's an Army Ranger, used to work at the Pentagon and spent time in U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis' office.

Though it took us a few days to find a time to visit, he joined me on Tuesday's live program.  It's a great interview.

Sheridan County held its County Convention on Saturday.  WYGOP Chair Bryan Miller introduced a bylaw change that would bar any member of the press from holding any leadership position in the party.  As you can imagine, that didn't sit very well with me.  The measure was soundly defeated--so much so that the state version of it wasn't even brought up.

Teton County tried a bylaw change that tried to limit what the press can do in one of their meetings.  The trend is clear, those in power don't want the public knowing what they are doing.

Today, the Sheridan County Republican Party is holding its county convention.  There isn't anything too controversial being proposed (unlike some other counties).  But nonetheless it is a Republican event so you never know what's going to happen.

Yesterday's live program ended up being a heck of a lot of fun.  Here's a replay of it.

Agent 29 appeared on the Cowboy State Daily morning show this morning.  It was masterpiece theater.  There was a discussion about the budget, recalibration and a few others.  But the fireworks started when Jake tried to cast budget reductions as "drastic."  It just went down hill from there.

Ken's response?  Words mean things.

Rep Hageman held several town halls across the eastern half of Wyoming this past week.  I caught up with her in Wheatland.

Wyoming is in the middle of a Winter drought.  Snow packs are down and most of the state has seen more of 60 degrees than 6.  This summer, there's going to be a huge problem with water--not just for Wyoming but the surrounding states.  I asked Harriet what we can expect.

A big question on everyone's mind is the SAVE America Act that appears to be hung up in the Senate.  I got a few answers from our Representative on that.

Many journalists have a problem reporting facts accurately.  The biggest problem though is their own political activism in their reporting.  That often happens in Wyoming media.  There's no better example than how the media behaved this legislative session.  It didn't matter if they had verified their facts, often they just ran with it.

In one example, the author decided to misquote me, take me out of context and not tell the truth about what actually happened. 

Security footage of the entrance to the Legislative Service Office during the time of the "check incident" has been deleted.  The Wyoming Highway Patrol, in response to an open records request by The Open Range Record, said the videos had "timed out of the system" and are no longer available.

This is a shocking development considering that a criminal investigation is ongoing.  It also raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation and how the legislature deals with the public's right to know. 

Over the weekend, two resolutions of censure showed up in county GOP meetings.  Both of them failed miserably.  The reasons they were brought have nothing to do with anything Republican and everything to do with personal squabbles.  All political organizations have to have money to operate; so it doesn't make sense to try to prevent anyone from raising money.

But that is exactly what the Teton County GOP and Taylor Allred attempted to do.

Also, the Cow Pie (CSD) takes a stab at describing what a Republican is.  Their attempt reveals more about who the Cowboy State Daily is than anything.