When Rep. Bill Allemand, R-Casper, testified at a hearing of the Bar Nunn Town Council last month, he didn’t expect the fierce pushback he received from Mayor Peter Boyer.

Allemand was quickly told to leave the meeting after testifying against a proposed nuclear development by Radiant Energy. He said Boyer had told him to “sit down and shut up.”

Rep. Jayme Lien, R-Casper, was escorted away from the microphone during a Natrona County School District 1 Board of Trustees meeting last month after sharing her thoughts on a cross-dressing custodian at a local elementary school after the public comment segment had already expired. She said one of the board trustees had accused her of lying.

The instances signify increasing contention between state leaders and their local counterparts, over h

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