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The winners, losers and fireworks of the ed budget failure

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April 13, 2021 by Michael Madden 1 Comment

Wyoming lawmakers saved the pyrotechnics for the very last day of the 2021 legislative session, when House and Senate negotiators failed to compromise on the education funding bill.

The surprisingly long list of tax bills before the Legislature

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March 9, 2021 by Michael Madden 4 Comments

Revenue-reducing measures typically outnumber state-income producers by a wide margin during a Wyoming legislative session, but the ratio is reversed this year.

School finance: Lawmakers’ biggest remaining challenge

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February 23, 2021 by Michael Madden 3 Comments

Undertaken every five years, the ‘recalibration’ analysis and reconsideration of Wyoming’s complex public-education funding and expenditures model takes on special urgency and import in 2021.

Amid the gloom, a bright spot in Wyoming’s economic forecast

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February 16, 2021 by Michael Madden 7 Comments

Hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, economic indicators suggest a pleasant, and much needed, 2021 rebound for the state’s travel and tourism sector.

The catch-22 that’s bankrupting Wyoming

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February 9, 2021 by Michael Madden 19 Comments

Wyoming’s mineral-dependent tax structure has long ensured that economic diversification produces a net loss for the state. The pandemic-inspired work-from-home movement is exacerbating the problem.

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The winners, losers and fireworks of the ed budget failure

The surprisingly long list of tax bills before the Legislature

School finance: Lawmakers’ biggest remaining challenge

Amid the gloom, a bright spot in Wyoming’s economic forecast

The catch-22 that’s bankrupting Wyoming

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