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Open-container law boost up again By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Senate File 36 is an old friend, Sen. Tony Ross, R-Cheyenne, said Thursday. The bill, which would prohibit open containers of alcoholic beverages in any moving vehicle, is Ross' fourth attempt to strengthen the state's open-container law. "My old favorite," he said. "I'm just not going to give up. I'm going to keep pressing because it's the right thing to do." The state's current open-container law, passed in 2002, prohibits only the driver of a vehicle from having an open container of alcohol. Wyoming...

Term limits for the top five? The court ruling didn't apply to the governor and 4 other elected leaders, but they haven't indicated that challenging the law is in their plans. By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Since Wyoming's term-limits law for legislators was overturned, many have wondered what that could mean for the law that requires the state's top five elected officials to step down after eight years of service. In a decision last week, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled the law limiting legislators to 12 years of service in the House of Representatives...