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  • SALT LAKE CITY, UT – DECEMBER 17: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, historic Mormon Salt Lake Temple is shown here with Christmas light display on December 17, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. A inside whistle blower has alleged the Mormon Church misled members on how a $100 billion investment fund was used. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)Finance

    Mormon church sued for allegedly lying to donors by investing $350,000 that was supposed to be used for charity

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Taco Bell drive-thru open for business with lush green plants and clear sky in a residential neighborhood, Walnut Creek, California, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)Retail

    ‘Taco Tuesday’ has been liberated. A company claiming trademark rights backed down after Taco Bell intervened

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Ricardo Acosta prepares food at a Taco John’s restaurant in Denver on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Taco Bell is asking U.S. regulators to force Wyoming-based Taco John’s to abandon its longstanding claim to the “Taco Tuesday” trademark. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)Retail

    Taco Bell says ‘Taco Tuesday’ belongs to everyone as it asks U.S. regulators to force competitor to drop trademark claim

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Residential homes in Casper, Wyoming, US, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. The American middle class is facing the biggest hit to its wealth in a generation going into the midterm election, although it is also entering the vote richer than it has ever been thanks to a decade of cheap money and the wealth boom it fed. Photographer: Natalie Behring/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Tearful Wyoming mayor acknowledges ‘poor taste’ in posting a fiery image on Facebook about an abortion clinic

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Wyoming housePolitics

    Hours after a judge blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban, police arrested a 22-year-old woman who set fire to the state’s only clinic

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Mark GordonHealth

    Days after Wyoming abortion ban takes effect, a judge is hearing arguments about allowing them again

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Mark GordonHealth

    Wyoming governor signs into law America’s first explicit ban on abortion pills

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed on the desk as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for Federal Reserve System membership, officials announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, a setback for the crypto industry’s attempts to build acceptance in mainstream U.S. banking. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)Finance

    Crypto banking suffers blow as Custodia Bank’s Federal Reserve application denied: ‘Significant safety and soundness risks’

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Jaden Bales, left, and Marta Casey stand near mule deer meat hanging in Bales’ garage Thursday, March 3, 2022, south of Lander, Wyoming. Bales collected the deer after Casey accidentally hit it with her car and used a new state of Wyoming mobile app for claiming road-killed animals to eat. The app may be the first of its kind in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)Success

    Road to table: Wyoming’s got a new app for claiming roadkill

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
  • Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of TerraPower

    Bill Gates-backed nuclear venture will launch first project near Wyoming coal plant that’s set to close

    By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press