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With Bitcoin mining, Wyoming can leverage its advantages

Opinion

April 30, 2021 by Dave Dodson 6 Comments

Building cryptocurrency mines would leverage the state's competitive advantages and existing workforce, Dodson opines. Current policy, however, instead tries to compete with London for bankers and programmers.

Analysis: Four Wyoming takeaways from new census numbers

April 28, 2021 by Nick Reynolds 7 Comments

Wyoming’s population growth was anemic compared to the rest of the nation and other Mountain West states. WyoFile examines what that means for the state.

Good news: Wyoming increases commitment to worker safety

July 12, 2016 by Kerry Drake 2 Comments

Wyoming Workforce Services took nine of its 13 safety inspectors and formed a new state agency, the Workers' Compensation Safety and Risk Unit.

Who really cheats Wyoming workers’ comp?

June 28, 2016 by Dustin Bleizeffer 2 Comments

Perhaps 2 percent of workers’ comp claims are fraudulent while employers have short-changed the program by $3.3 million since ‘95.

Wyoming adds $800M to workers’ comp fund, but to whose benefit?

June 21, 2016 by Dustin Bleizeffer 2 Comments

While the overall number of injury claims trends downward, the state remains one of the deadliest in the nation for workers.