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52,000 Christians Slaughtered and Counting In Nigeria, where the population is split nearly evenly between Muslims and Christians, it has become an almost everyday occurrence for militants and nomadic herders to descend on Christian villages, cut down entire families with bullets and machetes, set churches ablaze, and kidnap women and children.   Since 2009, at least…

Wyoming’s media peddled pandemic myths—and never came clean about it

Wyoming’s news outlets helped push incomplete information and withheld the full picture about the Covid-19 virus, masks, vaccines, and other aspects of the pandemic, accelerating declining trust in journalism.   They did this in two ways. First, they accepted as true and happily parroted much of what mainstream public health officials and scientists said about the…

Which special interest group is using WY students as their political pawns?

The Wyoming Education Association, the state affiliate of the DC lobbying organization National Education Association (NEA), is driving our education costs higher while test scores plummet. The education legislation and budgets they have successfully lobbied for in Cheyenne have been responsible for a 25% increase in per-pupil spending since 2011.  And test scores?  In 2024,…

Parents across Wyoming Grade Their Children’s Public School Experience a C-

Honor Wyoming conducted a statewide parent poll on public education, asking families to grade their public school experience on important criteria like curriculum quality, parent communication, career readiness and whether their values are respected in the classroom.  Hundreds of families across Wyoming participated in our survey, providing us with valuable insights into what was driving…

The 340B prescription drug program benefits Wyoming hospitals—but does it help patients?

Across the country, lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum are demanding transparency in the federal 340 B drug rebate program. The “B”, as it turns out, ought to stand for “boondoggle.”  Congress enacted Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act in 1992 with the stated goal of providing inexpensive pharmaceuticals to hospitals…

The Wyoming Education Association sides against families, surprising no one 

On June 27, the Wyoming Education Association (WEA), a leftwing advocacy group that represents public school bureaucrats, persuaded a judge to temporarily block the state’s new Education Savings Account (ESA) program from taking effect on July 1. The WEA is a longtime advocate against giving families choice in education, regularly lobbying lawmakers in Cheyenne to…

2025 Integrity Index: Wyoming Lawmaker Results Are In

After each legislative session, Honor Wyoming releases the Wyoming Political Integrity Index. The Integrity Index measures a lawmaker’s integrity based on action, not talk. Because keeping your word is more than a fair standard to set for any self-respecting Wyomingite. And we should expect nothing less from our elected leaders.  After every legislative session, each…

UW Election Year Survey: Careless Research or Political Advocacy?

A poll is only as good as its methodologies. Understanding a poll’s methods and techniques—how researchers collect responses, phrase questions, analyze data, and account for bias—is critical for knowing if you can trust that it accurately captures a population’s sentiments. A poll that relies on shoddy methodology and loaded questions should not inspire confidence.  Conducted…

Who’s really to blame for plummeting trust in journalism?

Last October, we examined a WyoFile story about the race between two Republicans for Wyoming House District 57. Our exam illustrated the subtle and not-so-subtle ways leftwing media outlets cloak their biases in the reassuring language of “facts” and “objectivity.” That story, framed in such a way as to quietly promote one candidate at the…

NCSL Claims Nonpartisanship—But Is It Serving Wyoming Values?

The National Conference of State Legislatures’ leftwing stances raise questions about its commitment to nonpartisanship. Conspicuous double-dealing on behalf of liberal and progressive interests is not unique to widely known institutions, like Harvard, CNN, or the National Institutes of Health. A broad array of liberal organizations that claim the mantle of nonpartisanship operate behind the…