Critics: Water bill opens floodgate to political meddling
Governor and others question measure that would require Senate approval of water supervisors, saying their roles are guided by technical and legal parameters.
Natural Resources
Bebout carries Friess private-school bill to end local control
Influential senator is “trusting” of school backers who convinced him of roadblocks, “overreach” by Teton County commissioners.
$29 M eyed for city water, ranchers, wilderness cloud seeding
Omnibus water bills may help municipalities, advance New Fork Lake dam project and resolve a flap over Gillette water project that rural residents believe disrupted their domestic wells.
Dam backers forge ahead with $11 million, seek more from feds
A controversial impoundment proposed on the West Fork of Battle Creek in Carbon County has hit a couple of speed bumps but remains alive.
Coal miners: Westmoreland bosses for naughty list, not bonuses
Buffeted by economic forces beyond their control, union members fight payouts for mid-level managers while seeking to save their pensions and health care.
