Alan Simpson, a longtime Republican senator from Wyoming who championed bipartisan solutions and steadfastly advocated for a ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before ...

A member of the storied Wyoming Simpson family, Alan was known for folksy quips, legislating across the aisle, and a lifelong ...

A plain-spoken lawmaker from Wyoming, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay ...

U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson speaks at the Ramada hotel in Casper, while Rep. Dick Cheney chuckles, in this archival image. (Casper ...

Pushing the 1986 immigration reform bill through Congress — his major legislative accomplishment — was like “giving dry birth ...

Solomun Weldekeal Araya, 37, was charged in connection to a major crash that left 5 people dead, including two children, and ...

There are few people in Wyoming politics who have loomed larger than former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson. At 6’7” tall, Simpson was ...

FILE – President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming ...

A proud advocate for conservative causes, former senator Alan Simpson had a strong libertarian streak that supported abortion rights and gay equality.

Simpson's tenure was marked by his reputation as a centrist in the GOP conference and his role in getting Republicans to coalesce around the party's legislative agenda.