Three main issues separate House and Senate supplemental budgets
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The spending difference between the supplemental budgets in Wyoming’s two legislative chambers is approximately $109 million, according to the Legislative Service Office. Last week, the House of…
Gordon talks energy policy, brighter days at governors forum
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon joined Continental Resource Founder and Chairman Harold Hamm at the North American Prospect Expo Summit Governors Forum for a candid energy policy and strategy conversation before an audience of more than 500 industry…
Wyoming lawmakers kill, revive demand for Grand Teton National Park, other federal lands
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — On Thursday, Wyoming lawmakers shot down a resolution demanding that the United States government hand about 30 million acres of public land, including Grand Teton National Park, to…
President Trump pulls back Biden’s Rock Springs RMP
By Rocket Miner staff Via- Wyoming News Exchange ROCK SPRINGS — On Wednesday, new U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum under — President Donald Trump’s directive — officially granted the authority to review and revise all relevant resource…
Report: Job openings remain a top concern for employers
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The January jobs report from the National Federation of Independent Business found that 35% (seasonally adjusted) of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in January, unchanged from December. Job openings were the…
House, Senate committees kill bills banning voting machines
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — After three long meetings of public testimony, House committee members killed a bill that would ban the use of electronic voting machines in Wyoming elections late…
Barrasso, colleagues introduce Enhancing Energy Recovery Act
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and five other Republicans on Wednesday introduced legislation to enhance carbon capture incentives and energy production. The Enhancing Energy Recovery Act (S. 425) would create parity under the Section 45Q carbon capture…
House, Senate diverge on search and rescue funding budget amendment
By Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Senate and House of Representatives needed just one amendment to diverge their stances on the supplemental budget bill. The first proposed amendment in both chambers…
Restored property tax cut bill passes Senate, heads to House
By Carrie Haderlie and Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A bill to offer all homeowners in Wyoming a two-year, 50% reduction in property taxes has passed the state Senate. Senate File 69, “Homeowner…
House approves bill to distribute motor vehicle sales tax to state’s highway fund
GILLETTE (WNE) — Two bills with the purpose of increasing funding for the state’s highway fund have gone in opposite paths during the Legislative Session. One of the bills, House Bill 33, proposes taking the sales tax from motor…