Week nine: The pandemic in Wyoming from May 10-15
The blitz of hourly news developments associated with COVID-19 makes it difficult to track where we’ve been and what’s changed. WyoFile’s weekly review connects the throughlines.
Laramie Boomerang
Six Wyo newspapers cut pay, staff during pandemic
APG, a national media company that owns papers across southern Wyoming, reduced hours and pay for all its employees. The locally owned Buffalo Bulletin also made layoffs.
UW trustees preserve lawsuit appeal option as clock ticks
The board voted Friday to preserve the right to appeal a judge’s ruling that the school must turn over records related to the end of former-president Laurie Nichols’ tenure.
Nichols enters records suit fray, says trustees kept her in dark
In Oct. 15 filing, a lawyer for former UW president Laurie Nichols asked to intervene, saying the former president was kept in the dark by trustees. News organizations oppose Nichols’ intervention, which is expected to delay resolution of the case
Diversity: valuable in both tax structure and economy
If we were to develop a new economy — say it’s high-tech — we’d still be broke as a state using the current tax structure.
