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“Recalibration” committee members slam Sheridan senator over bogus claims about Wyoming public school performance
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While Wyoming State Senate leadership pushes for more education cuts, a committee votes to require new computer science courses in public schools
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Amidst education funding crisis, Wyoming cities remind Legislature that they’re broke, too
A legislative committee has agreed to draft a bill that would provide $105 million to local governments for the next […]
Wyoming travel industry wants a new tourism tax so it can invest in and pay for itself
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Lawmaker proposes to divert mineral tax revenues from savings accounts and use them to fund education instead
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Protecting special education funding at a time when “all options are on the table”
Terri Dawson came to an education meeting in her hometown of Buffalo last month determined to explain why Wyoming needs […]
Fearing cuts, educators want to keep school funding model
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Smoke ’em if ya got ’em: Tobacco lobbyists bamboozle legislators and score a victory for their industry
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Lawmakers, assured tax bills will fail, vote to move tax bills forward
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“Recalibration” won’t make Wyoming public schools more efficient—but it provides political cover to lawmakers who want to cut education funding
The consulting firm hired to tweak Wyoming’s public school funding system in an attempt to address the state’s $250 million education budget […]
Wyoming is the best in the United States at educating low-income students. But will our leading role survive the Legislature’s budget cuts?
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Thanks to Wyoming’s Constitution, a state income tax would raise significant revenues while mostly affecting the rich
One of the main reasons Wyomingites oppose a state income tax is the long-held belief that average folks would have […]
Can Wyoming Learn From Kansas’ Monumental Tax Mistake?
Facing a huge budget deficit, conservative legislators refuse to raise taxes to produce additional revenue and dig the state out […]
Sen. Ray Peterson pretends to care about poor people (when it fits his anti-tax agenda)
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Lawmakers slightly change their tunes on taxes and education
June 20, 2017 By Better Wyoming staff The budget crunch facing Wyoming education has lawmakers speaking a little differently these […]