Opinion
by 1 Comment The session gets the attention, but the Legislature relies on the interim — the 48 or 50 weeks between sessions — to get the job done.
Want economic diversity? Focus on fiscal diversity too.
Opinion
by 5 Comments Most agree that Wyoming must expand and diversify its economy. So why do we struggle with laying the less politically palatable groundwork?
Should Wyoming consider a new budgeting process?
Opinion
by 4 Comments Two-year budgeting made a lot of sense in the pioneer days but the volatility of modern revenues, and the reliance on supplemental budgets beg the question.
Can we find an equitable wind tax?
Opinion
by 5 Comments A decade into the hunt for a sensible wind power policy in Wyoming, a grassroots effort seeks to take the question legislators have failed to resolve directly to the people
Wyoming’s century long boondoggle: Public Purpose Investments
Opinion
by 3 Comments Investing state funds “on Main Street instead of Wall Street” sounds like a great idea, but in practice it causes untold trouble.