Expanding Medicaid would provide healthcare to tens of thousands of low-income Wyomingites.

Revenue Committee votes to sponsor Wyoming Medicaid expansion bill during 2020 Legislative session

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The committee's support—and Wyoming's worsening budget situation—gives Medicaid expansion the best shot it's had in years.
The Wyoming Office of Tourism forefronts public lands in its national advertising.

Wyoming Public Lands Day and our economic future

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How “keeping public lands in public hands” is critical to diversifying and strengthening Wyoming’s economy.
Wyoming coal contains less sulfur than coal from the Midwest or Appalachia. But companies didn't care until federal regulations forced them to care.

Federal regulations created Wyoming’s coal industry

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Wyoming politicians whine about the federal “War On Coal.” But no one was buying the Powder River Basin’s low-sulfur product until the Clean Air Act made it more affordable than its competitors.
Rod Miller holds court at the Bunkhouse Saloon in beautiful Buford, Wyoming.

Rod Miller explains Wyoming coal’s long, slow death [VIDEO]

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Hell yes, there's a War on Coal. It's been going on a lot longer than you think it has. And coal's enemies are not who or what you think they are.
Wyomingites have fought for years against state takeover of federal public lands.

Wyoming lawmakers’ push to seize control over environmental review process on federal lands echoes public land transfer fight

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After failing in 2017 to lay the groundwork for wholesale state seizure of federal public lands, Wyoming lawmakers are working to take control of the “NEPA” process that governs new mining development on BLM and National Forest lands within the state.
PFLAG's Casper chapter helps support the city's annual Pride celebration.

PFLAG’s decades-long history of LGBTQ advocacy and support in Wyoming continues

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PFLAG is the nation's oldest and largest organization that unites parents and allies with the LGBTQ community. Chapters currently operate in four Wyoming towns. They provide support, community education, and advocacy—and more of them are forming.
Amanda Barnes at home in Laramie (photo: wyomingrenegadeimages.com)

Profile of a hard-working Wyoming woman barely getting by — STATE OF INSECURITY

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Meet Amanda. She's a typical low-wage worker in Wyoming. Like tens of thousands of others she's doing her best with a crummy hand made worse by the Wyoming State Legislature.
The Wyoming State Legislature discusses not passing a minimum wage increase—maybe ever. (photo: brosher.com)

A brief history of the Wyoming Legislature’s not raising the minimum wage — STATE OF INSECURITY

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An economist, a small business owner, and a waitress—all serving in the Wyoming Legislature—have been lonesome voices advocating for a higher minimum wage.
Tens of thousands of Wyoming workers would benefit from an increased minimum wage. So would the state's economy.

Want to improve Wyoming’s economy? Raise the minimum wage — STATE OF INSECURITY

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Tens of thousands of Wyoming workers earn poverty wages or less. More money for them would mean more for their local economies, plus a decreased need for welfare and, of course, better lives.
Fruit stacks up at the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies warehouse in Casper. If distribution problems arise, it will likely rot.

Food meant to feed Wyoming’s hungry often goes to waste — STATE OF INSECURITY

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Big anti-hunger organizations have trouble distributing food across Wyoming's vast spaces before it sours or rots. But the problem might have local solutions.