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Fiscal Doomsday: How risky is Wyoming’s energy-based budget?

June 4, 2013

Wyoming’s budget depends on mineral revenue and federal funds, both of which are subject to fluctuations. What factors could prompt a worst-case scenario?

Economy Thumbnail image for Wyoming Catches Lottery Fever; Online gaming eyed elsewhere

Wyoming Catches Lottery Fever; Online gaming eyed elsewhere

June 4, 2013

Wyoming’s provisions on its new lottery system could limit the state’s take on ticket sales.

Economy Thumbnail image for Subsidair: Tiny Wyoming airline tops in federal support

Subsidair: Tiny Wyoming airline tops in federal support

April 23, 2013

Federal cuts may threaten the controversial Essential Air Service subsidy, which keeps Cheyenne-based Great Lakes Airlines flying high.

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$115 million pledged to make UW engineering top tier

January 22, 2013

A group of alumni from the University of Wyoming College of Engineering is working to boost their alma mater to a position of national prominence.

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Advocating the economic benefits of Shoshone National Forest

October 2, 2012

Fremont County businesses and organizations have banded together to advocate recreation in Shoshone National Forest as it moves forward in revising its management plan.

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Feds can restrict flow of mineral revenue to Wyoming

September 25, 2012

Wyoming has long benefited from federal funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund, but Congress could be putting a end to the cash flow.

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Study says Rural Developments cost Natrona County

September 17, 2012

A study from The Sonoran Institute shows that tax revenues generated from the county’s rural development doesn’t off-set its’ expenses.

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A Wyoming congressional update

August 26, 2012

A Wyoming congressional update
Sen. Mike Enzi was joined by Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Cynthia Lummis at the Petroleum Association of Wyoming’s annual meeting in …

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Wyoming data center efforts hindered by Yellowstone volcano concerns

June 19, 2012

An unlikely roadblock is hampering Wyoming’s efforts to bring in large-scale data centers for economic diversification.

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Rare Stake: Can Wyoming help serve world’s hunger for rare earth minerals?

May 1, 2012

A newly opened mine near the city of Sundance raises the prospect of a new industry for Wyoming. The project’s owners believe they’ll have the …

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China’s rare earth role

May 1, 2012

Today, China delivers 97 percent of the world’s rare earth elements and uses 60 percent to 70 percent. How it came to monopolize the rare …

Economy Thumbnail image for Wyoming’s Permanent Mineral Trust Fund can’t entirely protect the budget from volatile commodity prices

Wyoming’s Permanent Mineral Trust Fund can’t entirely protect the budget from volatile commodity prices

February 21, 2012

Wyoming’s Permanent Mineral Trust Fund provides a mostly stable stream of revenue to the state’s general fund. Yet state lawmakers are trimming budget plans right …

Economy Thumbnail image for Two Wyoming towns wither while company asks for $100M to bring about salvation with coal-to-gasoline plant

Two Wyoming towns wither while company asks for $100M to bring about salvation with coal-to-gasoline plant

February 14, 2012

Many residents of the towns of Hanna and Medicine Bow foresee a time when there will be too few people and too thin of an …

Economy Thumbnail image for Safe Bet? Wyo officials weigh investment in DKRW’s coal-to-liquids proposal

Safe Bet? Wyo officials weigh investment in DKRW’s coal-to-liquids proposal

February 14, 2012

The company seeking to build the nation’s first coal-to-gasoline plant in Wyoming has trimmed its request for taxpayer-backed bonds — allowing them to bypass legislative …

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Wyoming stimulus spending draws mixed reviews

September 13, 2011

CODY — With the nation’s unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent amid continuing signs of a faltering economy, President Barack Obama last week proposed a …

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Wyoming’s sage grouse strategy sets bar for rest of the West

August 9, 2011

Doug Cooper stands on a ridge looking east across the grassy swales of the 7 L Livestock Company ranch just north of Casper. One hundred …

Economy Thumbnail image for Wyoming lawmakers differ on approach to debt ceiling

Wyoming lawmakers differ on approach to debt ceiling

August 2, 2011

The members of Wyoming’s Congressional delegation, all Republicans, have each said for months that federal spending must be sharply curtailed as part of any deal …

Economy Thumbnail image for Search for Lost Teton Skiers Cost $115,000

Search for Lost Teton Skiers Cost $115,000

May 24, 2011

America’s national parks have a tradition of coming to the rescue of visitors in trouble and recovering the bodies of those who die on park …

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Hispanic Wyoming: The Jobs Machine of Campbell County

May 3, 2011

Campbell County’s booming growth has provided opportunity not only for transient, poorly educated laborers, but for people with different skill sets: equipment operators, educators, managers, …

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Partisan Split on Public Broadcasting

April 5, 2011

Wyoming Public Media general manager Jon Schwartz said he believes the real motive to defund is driven more by ideology than economics.

“This House bill that …