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President Obama Hails Successes of the Restructuring of the Auto Industry, Calls on GOP Leaders to Stop Blocking Aid for Small Businesses
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2009-10--A Banner Academic Year for Wyoming Athletics
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   JOKE    THOUGHT    OPINION
There are a couple of different approaches when an officer talks to someone of lower rank, and they don’t always work out. Today’s edition of the Joke of the Day is a good example!
"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle."

~Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)


   THIS WEEK'S POLL
State Senator Mike Massie is unopposed in the Democratic Primary for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but there are four Republican candidates in the GOP Primary.   Who do you think will win the Republican Primary for State Superintendent of Public Instruction?



The state of Wyoming has struggled with statewide testing required by the No Child Left Behind law. Recently the company that created the PAWS test issued a public apology to the state and its residents for problems with this year’s test.   Should Wyoming drop statewide testing as a measure of performance, and allow each school district to measure performance on its own?







   LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
(WyomingNetwork does NOT represent this as a scientific poll.)
Intelligent on-demand lighting systems for wind farms have recently been developed and approved by the FAA. With these systems, turbine obstruction-lights remain off at all times and are only activated when aircraft are operating in the vicinity of the wind farm. There are over 500 wind turbine towers projected to be constructed in Wyoming in the next year or two.   Should wind farms in Wyoming be required to use this new system?

Activate when aircraft are near
56.5%

Lights should remain on at all times
43.5%
The Obama administration is backing legislation that includes regulations requiring U.S. businesses to provide to the government data about employee pay as it relates to the sex, race and national origin of employees. Proponents of the Paycheck Fairness Act say paycheck discrimination hurts families who lose out on badly needed income. Critics charge the legislation could outlaw many legitimate practices employers use to set employee pay rates.   Should the Paycheck Fairness Act be passed into law?

Make the gender wage gap equal
35.3%

Do not pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
64.7%


POLITICAL CARTOONS

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