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Wyo emerges from session with no long-term budget, ed solutions
The Wyoming Legislature entered the 2021 legislative session with a lofty agenda to cut education spending, stall revenue declines and guide a Wyoming economy battered by COVID-19 to a sustainable...
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Gov. Gordon must lead school funding fix
When House-Senate negotiations on a school finance bill — one of the most crucial issues facing Wyoming — collapsed on the final day of the session, it became clear any long-term funding solution must...
View ArticleLegislators to study Medicaid expansion in 2021 interim
Wyoming lawmakers will give Medicaid expansion a hard look in the 2021 interim after two attempts to pass the measure failed in the Wyoming Senate in the recent session. The Legislature’s Management...
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State passes on internal GOP election fraud allegation
The Wyoming Secretary of State’s office will not pursue allegations of election fraud filed by a Uinta County man against the Wyoming Republican Party, arguing the alleged fraud is a local, not state,...
View ArticleSome Western states join the rush to suppress voting
Colorado’s elections are a bipartisan success story, so when Major League baseball responded to Georgia’s new voting restrictions by moving the All-Star Game to Denver, it couldn’t have made a better...
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Legislature referees water squabble, raising local control issue
It began with a water squabble over a golf course in Laramie. It ended, critics contend, with a new law that erodes local control and further limits Wyoming towns’ and counties’ authority to govern...
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Analysis: Four Wyoming takeaways from new census numbers
As the Mountain West experienced a population boom over the last decade, Wyoming’s growth lagged, according to U.S. Census numbers released this week, with the Equality State among the slowest-growing...
View ArticleManagement Council weighs change that could limit public access
The Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council, which sets priorities for the body, is weighing a policy change that would give committee chairs the authority to decide whether the public can participate...
View ArticleWith Bitcoin mining, Wyoming can leverage its advantages
Legislation to draw cryptocurrency banks to Wyoming may turn out to be great for billionaires in New York and San Francisco, but as I have written before, do little to create good paying jobs for...
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Q&A: Locked-up kids and gov’t transparency in Wyoming
From now until the 2022 legislative session, the Joint Judiciary Committee will study the state’s handling of kids who run into legal trouble with an eye toward improving Wyoming’s juvenile justice...
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Federal policy could undermine Wyo cattle ID legislation
Newly passed legislation that would allow Wyoming bison and cattle ranchers to use any method of state-approved livestock identification — rather than federally mandated eartags — could soon be...
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Federal Elections Commission fines Wyo GOP $52,000
The Federal Elections Commission fined the Wyoming Republican Party $52,000 for a campaign finance violation stemming from former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, according to...
View ArticleLegislature to guarantee remote meeting access through 2021
The Wyoming Legislature has adopted rules to guarantee access for remote-participation in meetings throughout the 2021 interim session, reversing course from a proposal that would have let committee...
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Groups want federal budget to allow sage grouse assessment
Eighty environmental groups have asked U.S. House and Senate leaders to stop adopting budget riders that prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from writing or issuing Endangered Species Act...
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LCCC study: Wyo residents can afford higher taxes
Wyoming residents can afford to pay more in taxes, an analysis by the Laramie County Community College’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis argues, citing the state’s already-low tax burden and...
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Forest Service moves to weaken bighorn protections in Wyo Range
Domestic sheep could graze anew on national forest land in the Wyoming Range where conservationists bought grazing rights to separate them, their pathogens and their impacts from bighorn sheep and...
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Wyoming GOP resoundingly re-elects leadership
CODY — The Wyoming Republican Party on Saturday resoundingly re-elected Chairman Frank Eathorne to an additional term, solidifying populist conservatives’ hold on party leadership in the lead-up to...
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What does Bitcoin’s bust mean for Wyo’s cryptocurrency sector?
The recent collapse of cryptocurrency prices raises new questions about Wyoming’s pursuit of the blockchain industry: namely, whether the would-be economic stabilizer is, in fact, another volatile...
View ArticleWyoming just got $500M from Biden’s rescue plan. Now what?
Wyoming received the first $500 million installment of its billion-dollar share of American Rescue Plan funds last week, setting the stage for a July special legislative session dedicated to...
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Committee revives controversial gun bill in surprise vote
The Joint Agriculture Committee Tuesday revived a controversial gun rights bill on a split-second, unannounced vote moments before the committee adjourned in a move lambasted by critics for its lack of...
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