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What the federal stimulus package means for Wyoming
The COVID-19 CARES Act is so involved, complex and voluminous that — just as the speaker of the U.S. House famously said of another bill a few years ago — Congress may have had to pass it to see what...
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Think your work is ‘essential’ during a pandemic? Think again
Even doorknob makers think they are critical cogs during the COVID-19 pandemic and want a gubernatorial designation as essential workers, a policy advisor to Gov. Mark Gordon says. They’re not likely...
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Analysts’ memo to lawmakers predicts staggering revenue drops
Wyoming state government revenues could plummet from anywhere between $555 million and nearly $2.8 billion over the next two years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and an oil price war, according...
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Debate over distancing orders heats up as doctors await surge
Debate in Wyoming is increasing over whether Gov. Mark Gordon closing some businesses but stopping short of a stay-at-home order is inadequate or a threat to liberty, even as a top doctor contends a...
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State eyes uncertain federal aid and cuts as revenues plunge
The Legislature and Gov. Mark Gordon began this week to square up to plummeting state revenues with plans for a special legislative session, calls for flexibility in the use of federal funds,...
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EPA knocks Wyo plan to bar public’s water pollution data
Wyoming can’t ignore water pollution data submitted by the public or academic institutions when that’s the only information available to determine whether streams, lakes and rivers are polluted, the...
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Analysis: Choice-to-work rally has Tea-Party roots
CHEYENNE—Protestors had not been gathered long Monday before Gov. Mark Gordon descended the front steps of the State Capitol to speak with them. State troopers wearing cloth face masks — a precaution...
View ArticleBusiness as usual is over for Wyoming leaders
With all the bad news on the Wyoming revenue front (such as projected shortfalls of between $555 million and $2.8 billion) and other COVID-19 developments, the Legislature may be poised to spring into...
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Gov. proclaims a special session; public, press cannot attend
Gov. Mark Gordon Thursday signed a proclamation convening the Wyoming Legislature for a special session on May 15 to distribute federal stimulus money to Wyoming businesses, healthcare facilities and...
View ArticleLeg. to allow some media into Capitol for special session
The Wyoming Legislature will allow some media into the Capitol for this week’s two-day special session under special guidelines the Legislative Services Office issued on Monday. The new rules came...
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Senate pushes biz virus immunity bill without public input
On day one of the Wyoming Legislature’s special session to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate advanced a bill to grant business owners immunity from civil lawsuits brought by individuals...
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Senate secures lawsuit immunity measure with controversial maneuver
CHEYENNE — Senators on Saturday pushed through a controversial statute to give business owners immunity from lawsuits over COVID-19 infections. They did so by hitching it to must-pass legislation to...
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Lawmakers begin appropriating federal aid money
CHEYENNE — Over more than 30 hours of live-streamed videoconferencing this weekend, the Wyoming Legislature passed three bills to begin spending $1.25 billion in federal funding to alleviate the...
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Lose ‘the entire payroll’? Dire budget choices loom for state
State government will soon experience “profound” budget cuts because of a global pandemic and oil market crash, Gov. Mark Gordon said on Wednesday, though to what degree, when and how they will be...
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State agencies prepare for July 1 budget cuts
Gov. Mark Gordon will be enacting more substantive cuts to state agencies beginning July 1, his budget director told the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee last week. “[State] agencies have...
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Nonprofits stemmed COVID impacts, then the state snubbed them
Editor’s note: WyoFile — a nonprofit news organization — received a federally administered Paycheck Protection Program loan. The organization has not and will not apply for any of the...
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Governor preps bid for Occidental land, leaving Legislature out
Gov. Mark Gordon’s administration is preparing a bid to Occidental Petroleum for 1 million acres of surface land and 4 million acres of mineral rights, and is using a process that won’t require...
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State paying Barclays $2.5 million for work on Occidental deal
The state of Wyoming signed a contract in late April with banking giant Barclays to pay it $2.5 million to evaluate the purchase of 1 million surface acres and 4 million mineral acres from Occidental...
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In budget talks, Gov highlights cuts to programs for vulnerable
Programs to help Wyoming’s elderly, poor, incarcerated, addicted and mentally ill will all see budget reductions, Gov. Mark Gordon told lawmakers on Monday morning as he prepared the state for 10% cuts...
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Wyoming’s missed investment fund opportunities cost it billions
Imagine this scenario: You worked hard, saved and scrabbled together $400,000 by age 55. You turned it over to your broker hoping he’d keep the money safe but also grow it so you’d be in a position to...
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