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.
Mike Madden
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
Fight for $80M dam boils as House strips funds
Wyoming senator vows to reinstate $40 million that House drained from appropriation for proposed 280-foot high dam.
Revenue Committee kills remaining tax proposals
Following months generating ideas to move the state’s income model past boom-and-bust vulnerability, the committee killed major tax reforms without votes.
