Housing program eligibility grows
• Property owners can earn more and still qualify for help By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — More Wyoming homeowners than ever now qualify for a federally funded program for people struggling to pay housing…
Medicaid expansion clears House committee
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —A bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to more people for the next two years was given its first approval Thursday morning in the House Revenue Committee, but not…
Wyoming makes plans for leftover ARPA funds
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Close to $100 million in leftover American Rescue Plan Act money will be spent next year in a variety of ways, if the Wyoming Legislature follows Gov. Mark…
Interest in Programs Aimed to Survive, Drive and Thrive using ARPA Funding Far Outpace Supply
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Last year, Governor Mark Gordon set up a plan to help Wyoming Survive, Drive and Thrive using federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Most of the proposals from that planning process were approved by the State Legislature in Senate File…
Governor eyes affordable housing
By Mary Steurer Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon’s office wants to put $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars toward affordable housing. The office is preparing to submit a funding proposal to the…
State focusing remaining CARES dollars on business tax relief
By Joel Funk, WyoFile.com CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s plans for more than $1 billion in federal recovery funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic took on more definition Monday with an emphasis on tax relief for businesses. Multiple pieces of federal legislation…
ARPA Funds the focus of future investment
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon, Wyoming Senate President Dan Dockstader and Speaker of the House Eric Barlow jointly recognize that Wyoming has a rare opportunity to invest in the future of the state with funds from the federal American Rescue…
Tribes to receive millions under rescue act
RIVERTON (WNE) — The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are slated to receive millions of dollars under the American Rescue Plan Act. In a May 10 letter to tribal leaders across the country, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced…