In the wake of the Bureau of Land Management missing the deadline to issue a notice for competitive lease sales, various Wyoming leaders are criticizing the Biden Administration for its apparent refusal to hold lease auctions in Wyoming.
Tracy Stone-Manning, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, announced that Andrew Archuleta has been chosen as the new State Director for BLM Wyoming.
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.
After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals and moved instead in the other direction.
The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd has been awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes.