Legislature eyes special session to allocate federal relief funds
Wyoming stands to get $1.3 billion from the federal ARP relief package. Officials say how exactly it can be used might be complicated, however.
Charles Scott
Ed funding, Medicaid, I-80 tolls move in session’s short third week
House, Senate diverge on education cuts. Medicaid expansion advances while death penalty repeal fails to get the vote, and energy transition measure raises eyebrows.
Feds will pay Wyo to expand Medicaid. Will lawmakers take the bait?
Following years of discussing, and rejecting, expansion with lesser incentives, Wyoming lawmakers are now giving it serious consideration.
A security first?
Visitors to Wyoming’s statehouse on Jan. 12 were subject to a metal detector and bag search, something Capitol veterans say may be a first outside of dignitaries’ visits.
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.
