A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, ...

The U.S. Department of Education is to slash its workforce in half. Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder praised the move while the Wyoming Education Association did not.

Relatives are remembering former U_S_ Sen_ Alan Simpson of Wyoming as “an uncommonly generous man” who was “gifted in crossing party lines.” ...