Energy industry throws campaign cash to Gordon over Throne
Though both major party candidates have professional ties to the energy industry, fossil fuel PACs are spending on the Republican, Mark Gordon
Two Elk
Enzi economic development hire draws criticism, defenders
The selection of the senator’s son to oversee public contracts and funding — despite his connection to a federal fraud case — has some concerned.
Two Elk fraudster Michael J. Ruffatto locked up
The Powder River Basin power plant promoter reported to a minimum security federal prison in California this week to begin serving an 18-month sentence.
Ruffatto gets 18 months, $14.4M penalty for Two Elk fraud
A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Wednesday sentenced the power plant promoter to prison for stealing $5.7 million in federal stimulus funds.
Two Elk’s Ruffatto scores an eighth delay in sentencing
Acting on a sealed motion, a U.S. District judge rescheduled the day of reckoning for Wyoming power plant promoter and convicted fraudster Michael J. Ruffatto for the eighth time.
