New Conservation License Plate Featuring Pronghorn To Launch
As you cruise along Wyoming’s scenic roads, you’ll most likely encounter a pronghorn grazing off in the distance. Their presence on the landscape, and now on the new conservation license plate, serves as a reminder of our state’s rich wildlife…
Gordon requests $130M in wildfire funds in ‘frugal’ supplemental budget request
CHEYENNE – Funding wildfire suppression efforts and recovery was at the top of Gov. Mark Gordon’s mind this year when he presented a “frugal” request for $220 million in one-time spending to the Wyoming Legislature, with $130 million dedicated…
Lawmakers back $66.3M more in school funding
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature could be back on track to fully funding its K-12 public schools after a committee of state lawmakers voted Friday to adopt a $66.3…
Property Tax ballot initiative not dead
• Group hoping to gain needed signatures by the end of the month Recently stories about a property tax ballot initiative the failed to receive enough votes ran across the state and while that is technically true, it is…
Wyoming lawmakers report influx of out-of-state attack mailers
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — In his nearly 20 years of serving in the Wyoming Legislature, there’s little left that could surprise Rep. Dan Zwonitzer. But when the Cheyenne Republican counted 17…
Public mixed on concealed carry in Capitol extension
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The state’s top elected officials took public comment Monday on rules proposed by the State Construction Department for allowing the concealed carry of firearms within the Capitol…
Gordon: Wyoming files additional lawsuit challenging new EPA rule
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday that Wyoming has filed an additional lawsuit challenging a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) targeting the coal industry. Wyoming has joined West Virginia and Georgia, along with 19…
Expert: Extreme property tax cut does more harm than good
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers are under immense pressure from their constituents to reduce property taxes, but a Washington, D.C. think tank warned state policymakers against going too far with…
Gordon: Legislature should lead on wolf policy reform
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — After a Daniel man’s treatment of a wolf set off international outrage, Gov. Mark Gordon wants the Wyoming Legislature to take the lead when it comes to reforming…
Independent Notes: Funding our towns and counties and working with our D.C. delegation
As Wyoming’s budget is worked over every two years in the Legislature, it includes funding from the state to local governments, called Direct Distribution. Putting this together is a two year process and the funding is divided accordingly. This…