The Wyoming GOP went to work on platform issues including vaccinations, eminent domain and marijuana policies while candidate hopefuls and their surrogates made their case for support Friday in Casper.
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Wyo U.S. House candidates make promises on coal
Candidates for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat offer their ideas about what ails the coal industry and what to do about it.
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U.S. House candidate: Energy discussion not based in reality
Republican U.S. House candidate Derek Farmer says Wyoming’s energy debate misses economic facts.
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Laid off coal miners on their own after fueling Wyo economy for decades
GILLETTE — Rumors about the coal industry are common in northeast Wyoming where strip mining provides 5,000 direct jobs and supports about three times that in the mine services sector. But when Arch Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, Robert Frieze, who works at Arch’s Coal Creek mine, realized that talk of layoffs […]
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Gov Mead: Wyoming will keep fighting for coal
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says Wyoming needs to “double down” to invest in technologies that allow Wyoming coal to move U.S. energy into the 21st century.
