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‘Milk Cows,’ Social Security and Trimming America’s Budget Deficits

by Ruffin Prevost December 6, 2010

Former Sen. Alan Simpson has a history of colorful comments and pushing to overhaul Social Security. So it was no surprise when senior citizen groups locked horns with him during …

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What the Deficit Reduction Plan Means for Wyoming

by Ruffin Prevost December 6, 2010

How a proposed deficit reduction plan would affect Wyoming remains to be seen. But key provisions could raise cost of doing business in the state for oil, gas and mining …

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‘You Ain’t Seen What We’ve Done to You Yet’

by Ruffin Prevost December 6, 2010

Former Sen. Alan Simpson said his work on a federal budget deficit panel has changed the national debate on the issue, and is likely to find backers in Congress as …

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Wyoming’s Mystery Man: C.J. Box on Top

by Susan Gray Gose April 20, 2010

C.J. Box walks into the Beartrap Café wearing a baseball cap, Carhartt jacket, jeans, and low-riding hiking shoes. He greets Margaret, the owner, and nods to her two dogs …

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Meeteetse Chocolatier

by gene_tempest November 29, 2009

Tim Kellogg is a Meeteetse ranch hand and bronc rider who is building an international reputation as a maker of fine chocolates. His chocolate shop is on Meeteetse’s rustic main …

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

by WyoFile June 15, 2009

Rep Cynthia Lummis

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: …

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal on Royalty in Kind

by Rone Tempest June 15, 2009

(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 …