| Written by Sarah Laping & Max D’Onofrio |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 11:53 |
The Wyoming State Senate race for District 10 resulted with 56 percent for Phil Nicholas and 37 percent for Neil Harrison, before the absentee ballots were counted.
Nicholas said he was relieved the election is over.
“It is always stressful, but also exciting to represent Albany County and the University of Wyoming for four more years,” he said.
Harrison, who was a write-in candidate during the primaries, said that he expected to lose.
“I told myself I would be happy with 40 percent of the vote,” Harrison said. “In fact, if I received that amount of the vote I would consider it a loss for my opponent.” He said this was due to the fact that he was a write-in going up against the incumbent, and only campaigned for six weeks in a conservative county.
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| Written by Tim Corkery |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 11:47 |
America’s youth turned out to vote in droves and Americans from every walk of life cast their votes in record numbers.
Albany County had a tremendous turnout with a record amount of new and first time voters in several precincts.
The overall turn out of voters in Albany county was 17,218 voters.
“I am really exited about it, the large amount of voters who turned out for the election here in Albany County reflects voter involvement on a national level,” Pat Kiovsky said. “It is also exiting to see the youth come out and get involved in the political process.”
More than 4,700 absentee ballots came in yesterday morning and needed to be counted.
The ballots were sorted by district and precinct, the names on the ballots had to be matched with the names on the list of absentee voters.
“The turnout in Albany County has been overwhelming. The voter turnout was awesome the national race brought out allot of voters,” County Clerk Jackie Gonzales said.
Albany County and Teton County both voted for Obama while the remaining counties in the state voted for McCain.
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| Written by Shay Alspach & Tim Corkery |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 11:45 |
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The 7th-cent tax ran flat as Albany County voters turned it down in yesterday’s election.
The 7th-cent tax for Albany County failed with 63.06 percent of the votes against it and Wyoming Amendments A and B both passed in the state. Albany County voters approved Amendments A and B with 76.51 percent and 44.6 percent respectively.
“The proposal was a citizen-initiated referendum.,” Laramie Mayor Klaus Hanson said. “It failed because voters perceived it to be unclear what the money will be used for.”
“I feel disappointed,” Pat Kiovsky, Wyoming House District 14 Democratic candidate said. “The community needed the extra revenue to help strengthen the infrastructure of the city of Laramie and Albany County.”
The Albany County 7th-cent tax failed with 5,560 pro votes 10,857 against votes. In Albany County, Amendment A received 13,174 pro votes and 2,467 against votes and Amendment B received 7,680 pro votes and 6,862 against votes.
The 7th-cent tax would have improved the west Laramie fire station and infrastructure in Laramie.
Infrastructure includes roads, bridges, the library, and courtroom security, according to the Albany County Web site.
The seventh cent is the amount that Albany County can tax residents.
Amendment A proposed to change the oath of office that elected and appointed officials must take.
Amendment B sought to change petition signature requirements. The old measure required signatures by at least 15 percent of eligible voters in two-thirds of the counties. The proposed measure requires signatures by at least 15 percent of eligible voters in two-thirds of the senate districts.
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| Written by Justin Earnshaw |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 10:35 |
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The University of Wyoming’s Social Justice Research Center will feature a prominent scholar who will host a workshop in the Education Annex on Thursday.
Jeffrey Michael Reies Duncan-Andrade, Ph.D., will direct the workshop on Youth Participatory Action Research.
Duncan-Andrade is an advocate for the improvement and refining of urban schools and curriculum. In addition to being an educator, Duncan-Andrade is a researcher who has seen his work on urban education studies, cultural and ethnic studies and critical pedagogy published in numerous journals and textbooks.
Duncan-Andrade is assistant professor of Raza Studies and Education Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies as well as co-director of the Educational Equity Initiative at San Francisco State University's Cesar Chavez Institute. He also teaches at Oasis Community High School of Oakland, CA, where he continues his research into the uses of critical pedagogy in urban schools.
The workshop will be held from 4-7 p.m. Thursday in the Education Annex Room 314. Attendees of the workshop will receive a copy of Duncan-Andrade’s latest publication, “The Art of Critical Pedagogy: Possibilities for Moving from Theory to Practice in Urban Schools.”
The workshop is open to the public, but seating is limited. To reserve a seat, contact the Social Justice Research Center by telephone at (307) 766-3422 or online at www.uwyo.edu/sjrc.
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| Written by Tom Schambow |
| Friday, 31 October 2008 11:39 |
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Each Wyoming candidate for U.S. Congress occupies different stances on the issue of health care. 
Democratic Senate candidate Chris Rothfuss wants to analyze the health care system with the use of doctors, medical professionals, health insurance providers and hospital administration. He believes that the real problem with health care is the rising cost of medicine and hospital expenses. He wants to mediate a decision between the medical industry and the government.
Republican Senator Mike Enzi recently introduced a bill to congress called Ten Steps to Transform HealthCare in America. His proposal expands access to health care insurance and providers while improving the quality of healthcare. Enzi wants to increase health information technology by adopting cutting edge information technologies, improving medical care and reducing medical malfunction. He supported the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. Signed into law, the bill prohibits health insurance providers from discriminating against people with possible genetically transferred health issues.
Democrat Senate candidate Nick Carter wants to remove healthcare lobbyists and insurance companies from government health care. He supports basic quality healthcare for all Americans, especially children.
Republican Senator John Barrasso, a physician for 20 years, believes that all families deserve affordable and easily accessible health care, even citizens in rural areas. He supports investing more money in telemedicine technologies. Barrasso wants to ensure that Medicaid and Medicare reimburse Wyoming doctors and medical professionals.
Republican House candidate Cynthia Lummis supports changing tax codes to make all health care tax-deductable. She believes families should be able to purchase health insurance across state lines. She believes in the tax-advantage health care savings accounts and believes that private sectors can provide affordability and accessibility.
Democratic House candidate Gary Trauner aims to reduce the healthcare burden on businesses, especially small businesses. He supports every American having coverage with basic, but adequate healthcare. Trauner wants to take healthcare decisions away from the insurance companies and give the decisions back to doctors and patients.
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