Wyo politicians respond to Blackjewel and coal’s black times
Analysis
by 4 Comments Elected officials serving in Cheyenne and D.C. react to the sudden closure of two Powder River Basin mines.
Eli Bebout
State left Campbell County to fend for itself in bankruptcies
Coal companies are maneuvering in bankruptcy courts not to pay taxes, and state officials’ pattern of failing to help Campbell County collect makes it easy.
Failure of ‘big box tax’ was Legislature’s folly
Opinion
by 2 Comments Corporate income tax would have helped fund public schools, but many state senators decided their own reelection campaigns were more important.
Legislature once again socks it to Wyoming’s most vulnerable
Opinion
by 4 Comments Lawmakers balanced the budget on the backs of the poor, yet again, by failing to fund an emergency food pantry measure and the Tax Refund for the Elderly and Disabled program.
As smoke clears, House and Senate reload for 2020 budget
Dems, rank-and-file lawmakers said programs for state’s vulnerable are casualties of budget war as senators called for rules change to amass more power
