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.
income tax
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
Why are we footing the bill for billionaires?
Opinion
by 12 Comments A new study reveals that Wyoming’s ultra-rich pay just about the lowest tax rate of anyone in the country.
Study: Without tax reform economic diversification hurts state
Under Wyoming’s current tax structure, growing the state’s non-resource based industries would cost the state money, economists say.
