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Revenue Committee votes to sponsor Wyoming Medicaid expansion bill during 2020 Legislative session
The committee’s support—and Wyoming’s worsening budget situation—gives Medicaid expansion the best shot it’s had in years.
Revenue Committee to consider non-tax proposal to bring hundreds of millions of public dollars to Wyoming
A bill to expand Medicaid would help close the state’s sizeable budget shortfall (and it would help poor people get healthcare, too).
Wyoming’s woeful response to coal’s collapse
As the coal industry falters, costing Wyoming hundreds of millions of dollars per year in lost revenues, state leaders struggle to act.
Wyoming Public Lands Day and our economic future
How “keeping public lands in public hands” is critical to diversifying and strengthening Wyoming’s economy.
Opponents of a proposed Wyoming corporate income tax say it’s unconstitutional. They’re wrong.
Naysayers who don’t want to admit they support Walmart over Wyoming schools are using a bogus technical argument.
Federal regulations created Wyoming’s coal industry
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.
Wyoming lawmakers have a “cultural bias” against accepting federal funds
When times are good, no one questions whether the Legislature’s refusal to accept federal funding is wise. But as Wyoming’s budget problems continue, those questions are beginning to arise.
As state money for special education dries up, Wyoming looks to Medicaid
Dwindling mineral revenues threaten Wyoming’s ability to provide costly special education services. Legislators can pursue federal Medicaid funds to help, like most states do. But they’re learning there’s no such thing as easy money.
Rod Miller explains Wyoming coal’s long, slow death [VIDEO]
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.
Proposal would help stop corporations from sucking profits out of Wyoming
Corporations demand public services, but in Wyoming they don’t help pay for them. A new proposal advanced by the Legislature’s Revenue Committee last week would change that, while raising much-needed funding for Wyoming schools.
What Wyoming can learn about coal from the collapse of the fur trade
When the world switched from beaver-skin hats to silk hats in the 1800s, the fur trade plummeted. Instead of doubling down on pelts, smart fur-bearing states developed new industries.
Climate change creeps into Wyo Legislature tax reform talks
The Revenue Committee’s co-chair asked tax reform opponents: What happens if Wyoming continues to depend on revenues from carbon-based minerals while the rest of the world moves away from them?
Wyoming lawmakers’ push to seize control over environmental review process on federal lands echoes public land transfer fight
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 decades-long history of LGBTQ advocacy and support in Wyoming continues
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.
Lawmakers defeat a slew of proposals to limit Wyoming voting rights—2019 Legislative recap
High drama, backroom tactics, zombie bills, and thwarted agendas all accompanied failed efforts to chip away at voting rights in Wyoming.