House votes to launch investigation into campaign checks distributed on floor

Wyoming Senate considers ban, launches own inquiry after activist hands checks to lawmakers

A controversy that began Monday when a conservative activist handed out checks on the floor of the Wyoming House of Representatives has spread to the Senate.  Senate leaders opened an investigation of their own and confirmed Thursday that Jacksonite Rebecca Bextel brought a campaign donation check to at least one lawmaker in the upper chamber while in the Capitol this week. Bextel has acknowledged handing certain lawmakers checks, but says she w…

House votes to launch investigation into campaign checks distributed on floor

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to convene a formal investigation into the distribution of campaign contribution checks on the House floor earlier in the week, following an hours-long debate that centered on optics, public confidence and institutional integrity. The motion was introduced by Rep. Karlee Provenza, D-Albany, who told colleagues “There have been allegations that this week a member of pu…

House Forms Investigative Committee To See If Checks Passed Were Bribes, Misconduct

All 59 Wyoming representatives who were on the House floor Thursday afternoon voted to convene a special committee to investigate the checks given to lawmakers on the House floor Monday - and if it was an act of bribery or legislative misconduct.