Evanston meets its would-be economic savior, CoreCivic
Private prison giant presented design for Uinta County immigration jail, touted income potential and fielded challenges at a charged public meeting.
Policy
No easy answers: Wyo wrestles with a tangle of fiscal worries
Economist, budget maven and longtime Rep. Mike Madden lays bare the Gordian Knot of intertwined fiscal challenges facing Wyoming.
Lawmakers advance ‘piecemeal’ electric grid deregulation bill
A legislative committee voted to sponsor bill that allows new buyers of coal plants to plug into the utility grid. It was one of several utility-related bills considered Nov. 19.
‘Re-regulation’: Examining Wyoming’s response to coal’s decline
WyoFile special edition looks at legislative and regulatory efforts to soften the impact of an ongoing and looming economic transition and what they mean for the free market.
Old plants, new ideas: Who might buy a retired coal power unit?
Backers of Wyoming’s efforts to find second lives for aging coal plants describe several profitable scenarios. But how does their vision for coal power stack up in a quickly shifting power market?
