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Gov. Mark “King Coal” Gordon to receive $1 million annual Wyoming coal marketing budget
The program won’t be enough to impact global markets, but it will help distract state residents from the fact that there is no plan to transition Wyoming away from dependence on a dying industry.

“An honest first step”: Wyoming Senate passes statewide lodging tax
The Legislature’s approval of an actual tax increase suggests that lawmakers understand cuts alone can’t fix Wyoming budget crisis.

Wyoming House advances oil tax break that would cost the state millions
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’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.