Experts: Legislature will need to spend money to save money
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — With the state Legislature’s budget session set to begin this week, lawmakers will likely spend hours debating how to address the state’s projected revenue shortfall. Yet some state…
Program boosts medication access in Wyoming by “recycling” medicine
◆ Wyoming residents can donate medication. Provided by the Wyoming Department of Health The Wyoming Medication Donation Program, a Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) effort, works to boost access to needed medications and to reduce waste by repurposing useable medicine….
No coronavirus cases reported in Wyoming
CHEYENNE (WNE) — As the coronavirus spreads in China and the United States, there have been no reported cases of the virus in Wyoming as of Monday morning. But officials with the state Department of Health say they are closely…
Health topics: Wyoming homes need to be tested for Radon
◆ January is National Radon Action Month. Provided by the Wyoming Department of Health The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is reminding Wyoming families to test homes for radon to see if a potentially dangerous health risk exists. Radon is…
Lawmakers skeptical of suicide hotline request
By Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Wyoming is the only state in America that doesn’t have a local affiliate to the national suicide prevention hotline, and lawmakers were skeptical Monday of a $1 million request…
Gordon supports Health Department in face of allegations
By Seth Klamann Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon said he “firmly supports” the state Health Department’s director amid allegations that a 2015 Medicaid fraud investigation was obstructed by various government officials, a charge that…
Committee votes to advance Medicaid expansion bill
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State lawmakers on the Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to move forward with a bill authorizing Gov. Mark Gordon to expand Medicaid coverage in Wyoming. If…
Many Wyoming children lack health insurance coverage
By Elizabeth Sampson Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – Wyoming ranks 43rd in the nation for the number of children with health insurance coverage, according to a report recently released by Georgetown University Center for Children and…
Legislative committee supports task force to look at mental health services
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – A committee of state lawmakers voted Thursday in support of a bill that would establish a task force to study Wyoming’s mental health services. The bill would create…
Wyoming News Briefs: August 30, 2019
SVI Media is part of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Pedro Mountain Fire tops 12,000 acres CASPER (WNE) — The Pedro Mountain Fire near Pathfinder Reservoir has now burned 12,000 acres, but no…