Geoffrey Ingersoll Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead signed a new civil asset forfeiture bill into law Feb. 29, and a close look shows that it will be a game changer for police. Civil asset forfeiture is a practice in which police can seize property and keep it even if they don’t convict or charge the owner with a crime. Then,…
Casey Harper A new legislative push in Wyoming could change the game for when police are able to seize citizens’ property. State Representative Kendell Kroeker told The Daily Caller News Foundation that a committee-sponsored bill will be introduced in the new session that enacts major changes to the state’s civil asset forfeiture policy. A copy of…
Michael Bastasch Wyoming regulators have found hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, did not likely contaminate water supplies in the town of Pavillion four years after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted its own botched investigation. State officials published findings Monday showing groundwater contamination near Pavillion was not likely caused by fracking, but instead by gas that naturally…