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  • Racial slurs shut down Jackson council's Zoom comments

    Rebecca Huntington and Jeannette Boner, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jan 11, 2024

    Council scrambled Monday to react to slurs, after trolls hit Victor meeting in November. JACKSON - Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson shut down online public comment midway through Monday night's council meeting after one commenter started shouting slurs. The incident follows a similar "Zoombombing" incident that prompted the Victor City Council to reexamine how the Idaho municipality handles virtual participation. The Jackson Town Council was taking public comment via Zoom about a proposal to allow... Full story

  • Draft bill aims to make it easier to build accessory dwellings

    Rebecca Huntington, Jackson Hole Daily|Nov 16, 2023

    Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Despite objections from some Republican lawmakers and local governments, a state task force is moving ahead with a draft bill to override local building regulations for accessory housing units like detached guest homes or mother-in-law apartments. Sen. Bob Ide, a Natrona County Republican, warned that the draft bill could add regulation — not reduce it — by layering state rules on top of local ones: “Just looks like we’ve got a one-size-fits-all homeowners association for the state of Wyoming,” Ide said. Ide... Full story

  • Jackson altercation opens free speech debate

    Emily Mieure and Rebecca Huntington, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jul 2, 2020

    JACKSON — When Kevin Hernandez denigrated the president in the direction of a man wearing a pro-Trump hat, he was met with a fist to his face and a criminal citation for picking a fight. The scuffle happened June 14 near Town Square on the sidelines of a peaceful racial justice protest. The incident brings up questions about the applicability of criminal provocation, a rarely used town ordinance. And the fallout of the fight ranges from regret over a missed opportunity for civil dialogue to First Amendment questions about what constitutes polit... Full story