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Good morning, this is Wyoming Debrief from Wyoming Public Radio News.

It's Tuesday, October 20th.

I'm your host, Charles Pelkey, and here's a look at news from around Wyoming.

A recent book explores the factionalism within the state's Republican Party.

As Wyoming Public Radio's Melody Edwards reports, the author found a standoff happening in the state between the old guard and a new, more conservative branch.

What surprised author Stephanie Murawczyk most about the recent primary results was how traditional Wyoming Republicans have staged a strong comeback.

They've taken back control of the statehouse after losing it for a year to the Freedom Caucus.

Murawczyk says before this primary, many traditional Republicans were purged by a sweep of cancel culture within the party.

Such cancellations are usually associated with Democrats, she says, but are also common in deep red states like Wyoming, where there's intense intraparty divisions.

For Wyoming Public Radio, I'm Melody Edwards.

A C-suite leader at San Francisco International Airport will be the next chief executive officer of the Jackson Hole Airport.

If passed, it would remove the ability to tax a homeowner's primary residence by 50%.

Wyoming Public Radio's Jordan Uplinger and KHOL's Evan Robinson Johnson attended town halls and spoke with people for and against the measure.

They talked with WPR's Melody Edwards.

Let's start with how we got here.

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Some of the candidates for Wyoming's lone US house seat say Wyoming needs a louder voice in Congress and more independence from the wills of Washington.

For all the statewide races we teamed up with Wyoming Public Radio and offered interviews to all the candidates.

For the lone US house race three of four hopefuls accepted, and KHUL's Evan Robinson-Johnson broke down all of it with WPR's Nick Wolapp.

More solar and wind energy is coming online today, but by 2030, oil, gas, and coal could make up most new power.

Wyoming Public Radio's Hannah Merzbach has more.

Fossil fuels accounted for just 5% of new power during the Biden administration in 2024.

Now, with President Trump in office, new power plants could be 70% fossil fuels by 2030, most of them natural gas, at least according to an analysis from the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund.

It's going to take fossil fuels no matter what just to meet global demand.

The Trump administration says it's trying to meet that demand, deregulating the fossil fuel industry while creating barriers for renewables.

For the Mountain West News Bureau, I'm Hannah Merzbach at Wyoming Public Radio.

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Good morning, this is Wyoming Debris from Wyoming Public Radio News.

It's Thursday, October 15th.

I'm your host Charles Pelkey and here are a few news updates from around Wyoming.

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I'm Megan Ferry.

This time, an American woman sets a really big goal.

This episode was produced by me with help from my story editor, Melody Edwards.

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Human Nature is a production of Wyoming Public Media.

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