Wyoming Legislature

These are places that lack maternity care or care for pregnant women or women who have just given birth, where women have to drive sometimes an hour or more to get the care that they need.

The Wyoming legislature has tried to address this problem for a number of years, but there are no easy solutions.

For one thing, women are having fewer babies, and for another, we don't have as many OBGYNs as we have had in the past.

According to an April 2024 Wyoming Department of Health report presented to state lawmakers, five Wyoming counties were considered maternity care deserts.

And here's today's Wyoming trivia question.

Who was or is the longest-serving member of the Wyoming legislature? Send your answer to wyomingdebrief at gmail.com or by message on Instagram or Facebook and we'll give a shout out to the first person with the correct answer.

As for yesterday's trivia question, what is the most difficult mountain to summit in Wyoming? Gannett Peak is generally regarded as the toughest climb among Wyoming's highest peaks due in part to the long slog required just to get to the base.

Add to that some technically difficult sections of the climb, Gannett requires a serious commitment to stand atop Wyoming's highest point.

He's running as a Democrat.

He served in the Wyoming legislature representing Laramie County for about a decade.

His mom's family has been in Wyoming since pre-statehood.

In fact, she was the first Black woman to be elected to the state legislature.

You said you will put the constitutional rules back in place.

How would you do this?

Well, it's a simple thing that I learned when I was in the Wyoming legislature.

Being in the super minority, whether you're in the majority or the minority, you don't get things done by being siloed on one side by party.