Fewer ‘recapture’ districts spell trouble for school funding
For the first time Campbell County won't send extra revenue to help fund statewide education, underscoring a growing risk to relying on mineral revenues.
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Wyo doesn’t mind taxes — provided someone else pays them
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by 11 Comments For a state that prides itself on independence and self-reliance, Dodson opines, we certainly don’t mind being taken care of by others.
Budget casualties: Mental health and substance abuse services
The human costs of state budget cuts are beginning to show as facilities like Greenhouse, a transitional care facility in Gillette, close their doors.
Wyoming holding course despite lagging vaccination rate
With inoculation rates among the lowest in the country, the state has declined to set quantifiable goals, offer incentives or otherwise modify its approach to address the underperformance.
Lawmakers pass bills to protect tax revenue from coal bankruptcies
Measures aim to guard against delinquent and unpaid mineral-production taxes, strengthen local governments’ ability to collect debts in the event of mineral industry bankruptcies.
