From the monthly archives:

June 2009

June 22, 2009

GUEST COLUMN: Bring Severance Tax Rates Into State Budget Discussions

Bring Severance Tax Rates Into State Budget Discussions
Hikes should be part of an overall review of revenues and tax investments
By Dan Neal and Sarah Gorin
No more Centennial Singers?
No more Geology Museum, in a state famed for its geology and, more to the point, its energy resources?
As the boom slides toward the bust, it’s appropriate and [...]

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June 15, 2009

Royalty in Kind vs. Royalty in Value? – The $290,024,880 Question

State Received $290,024,880 in 2008 from Troubled Royalty in Kind Program. Gov Dave Wants Review.

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June 15, 2009

“No Easy Answers” for Wyoming Economy

Sheridan— In an interview with WyoFile, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig recommend Wyoming wean itself from a commodity diet.
Hoenig was in Sheridan earlier this month to give a speech titled: An Economy at Risk.
Although Hoenig was addressing the national economic recession, the title to his speech could not be more fitting [...]

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June 15, 2009

U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis on Royalty in Kind

Wyoming’s U.S. Rep Cynthia Lummis responded to WyoFile questions on Royalty in Kind via e-mail through her press secretary Ryan Taylor.
Here are the WyoFile questions and Lummis’ responses:
WyoFile: What is Rep. Lummis’ opinion of draft legislation that would eliminate Royalty in Kind? Was she aware it was in the works?
Answer: Rep. Lummis has not had [...]

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June 15, 2009

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal on Royalty in Kind

(Telephone Interview with WyoFile editor Rone Tempest, June 3,2009)
WyoFile: On October 6, 2005, the then Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners (Gov. Freudenthal; Treasurer Cynthia Lummis; Sec. of State Joseph Meyer; Auditor Max Maxfield and Supt.  Of Public Instruction Jim McBride) voted 4-1 to dedicate its 50 percent share in natural gas royalties on federal [...]

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