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The Cuts So Far (Part 4): WyDOT – It’s going to be a bumpy ride

February 1, 2018

Over the past two years, the Wyoming State Legislature has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from state agencies and […]

The Cuts So Far [Part 3]: University of Wyoming – College dazed

January 29, 2018

Over the past two years, the Wyoming State Legislature has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from state agencies and […]

The Cuts So Far (Part 2): Healthcare – Living (and dying) within our means

January 25, 2018

Over the past two years, the Wyoming State Legislature has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from state agencies and […]

The Cuts So Far (Part 1): Introduction – “I want to see some cuts first.”

January 24, 2018

Over the past two years, the Wyoming State Legislature has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from state agencies and […]

How to cut Wyoming’s education budget shortfall in half without raising taxes or drawing money from savings

December 21, 2017

Wyoming lawmakers who want to cut public education talk like the state is so broke they simply have no option. […]

Revenue Committee members clap back at no-taxes-ever corporate lobbyists

December 20, 2017

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Consultants, finding no major areas for education cuts, leave lawmakers to defund Wyoming public schools on their own accord

December 15, 2017

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Just what Wyoming needs: More laws to imprison people for marijuana

December 6, 2017

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Revenue Committee to consider property tax bill to fund schools and reduce tax burden on low-income homeowners

December 3, 2017

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Proposals to make strangling your wife a “violent” felony test

December 1, 2017

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Raising cigarette taxes is a popular, commonsense way to raise revenues, save money, and improve Wyoming’s health

November 28, 2017

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More prison or less prison? Judiciary Committee kills a “tough on crime” bill and moves a reform bill forward

November 18, 2017

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Peterson, Curley, and who pays if Wyoming moves away from minerals

November 15, 2017

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Want to cut Wyoming education funding? Fine. That means closing rural schools.

November 6, 2017

When lawmakers argue that funding cuts can solve Wyoming’s education budget crisis, they talk about things like “bloated teacher salaries” […]

Fearful of proposing new revenues, State Senator uses fake math to argue for education cuts

October 31, 2017

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