The Senate is proposing nearly $40 million less than the House for the state education budget, looking to cut funding for cost-of-living raises, transportation, discretionary funds, and compensation for National Board Certified teachers.
The Legislature’s approval of an actual tax increase suggests that lawmakers understand cuts alone can’t fix Wyoming budget crisis.
“An honest first step”: Wyoming Senate passes statewide lodging tax Read More »
A proposed severance tax break for Wyoming oil and gas companies is meant to prop up the industries. But markets—not tax rates—have historically determined production levels.
Wyoming House advances oil tax break that would cost the state millions Read More »
A bill would give a tax break to coal companies who ship their coal from Wyoming to Asia through ports in Canada and Mexico.
Lawmakers seek a new route to “the Orient” for Wyoming’s “green coal” Read More »
Lawmakers used budget amendments last week to force UW to re-negotiate its student group insurance plan to remove abortion coverage. This is despite the fact that student insurance consists of private plans paid for with private funds.
Bills to ban “crossover voting” in party primaries and to decrease minority party participation in the Legislature’s Management Council died in 2019. New, less strident versions are back in 2020.
After last year’s defeats, bills return to reinforce Wyoming GOP power Read More »
Medical professionals, including one committee member, condemned the proposal to criminalize doctors who fail to perform life-saving procedures on aborted fetuses that are “born alive.”
Wyoming doesn’t have late-term abortions, but a bill to govern them advances anyway Read More »
The same bill, which would imprison doctors who violate the waiting period for up to ten years, passed the same committee last year with the same vote.
A bad rerun: 48-hour waiting period for abortions clears Wyoming House committee Read More »
A bill to cut transportation and discretionary funds would largely offset the “External cost adjustment” districts are set to receive to buoy teacher salaries.
Senate committee advances bill to cut $16.5 million from Wyoming school funding Read More »
The proposal would impose a 5 percent tax on hotel stays, generating an estimated $19 million per year mostly from out-of-state visitors.
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