Wyoming voters put Legislature on path to budget disaster
Opinion
by 16 Comments Lawmakers have new company to help squash tax measures, slash education and state agency funding.
income tax
For Wyo’s untaxed generations, the ‘free ride’ may be over
Opinion
by 31 Comments Wyoming needs schools, roads, hospitals and other basic public services, writes guest columnist Nate Martin. And it’s time to move past the belief that we can have them without paying taxes.
Budget session ends with a thud and a whimper
Opinion
by 2 Comments Drake ponders the head-scratching news that a UW swimming pool proposal derailed $162 million worth of new projects in the state.
No easy fix: Lawmakers, public confounded by revenue debate
Analysis
by 6 Comments As the reality of coal revenue’s irreversible retreat sets in, discussions of how to otherwise fund state government grow more prominent, somber and difficult.
Legislative entourage backs income tax on big corporations
Nearly every leading lawmaker is backing a bill to raise $45 million a year for schools by imposing income tax on out-of-state corporations
