By Deirdre Shesgreen

Washington D-C – As Congress prepares to take up an economic stimulus package, transportation officials across the country are drawing up wish lists for highway projects. Wyoming says it has dozens of road repairs ready for federal money.
Deirdre Shesgreen reports

President-elect Barack Obama wants a package that will create 3 million new jobs.

Wyoming officials have identified 105 projects costing more than $400 million dollars that they could begin right away.

By Elsa Partan

By Bob Beck

By Bob Beck

By Elsa Partan

Cheyenne, Wy – A Cheyenne lawmaker is pushing a bill to give full state health insurance benefits to all 90 members of the state Legislature.
A state fiscal analysis says that if all 90 lawmakers signed up
for full family coverage, the proposal could cost the state up to
$2.1 million a year. That would amount to more than $23,000 in new
benefits for each lawmaker.
Rep. David Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, is sponsoring the bill. He
says offering the health insurance coverage could encourage more
people to run for office.

Lander, Wy – A magistrate has set bail at $50,000 for a Lander man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his infant son.
Police say six-month-old Tyler Crazythunder died of burns he
suffered Nov. 1 when he apparently rolled off a bed and became
stuck over an electric baseboard heater. The baby was pronounced
dead at Lander hospital.
Police say 24-year-old William Patrick Crazythunder, the boy's
father, tested positive for alcohol hours after the boy died. Court
documents say Crazythunder was watching the infant and another

Jackson, Wy – The Jackson Hole Airport is moving forward
with a safety audit in response to 10 incidents of airplanes
running or sliding off the runway in the past year.
Members of the airport board recently decided to go forward with
the safety audit despite concerns about its preliminary price tag
of more than $700,000.
Ray Bishop is airport director. He says that the first quoted
price for the safety audit was $1.2 million. He says the airport
has worked with a contractor to eliminate some portions of the

By Addie Goss

By Elsa Partan