No easy answers: Wyo wrestles with a tangle of fiscal worries
Economist, budget maven and longtime Rep. Mike Madden lays bare the Gordian Knot of intertwined fiscal challenges facing Wyoming.
Mike Madden
Can we find an equitable wind tax?
Opinion
by 5 Comments A decade into the hunt for a sensible wind power policy in Wyoming, a grassroots effort seeks to take the question legislators have failed to resolve directly to the people
Good revenue news offers state an opportunity for reform
Opinion
by 4 Comments Wyoming is no longer facing a $1 billion budget deficit, creating the chance — but removing the political will — to break the boom-bust cycle.
Analysis: Westmoreland bankruptcy shows county vulnerability
Analysis
by 4 Comments Coal company’s Chapter 11 filing could short Lincoln County of more than $9 million in unpaid mineral taxes.
Senate revenue chairman Peterson ousted over school funding
Longtime senator Ray Peterson lost his primary reelection bid last week in a coup by educators, leaving the revenue committee without veteran leadership at a critical point
