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Local Lookout: Rawlins air quality | Sweetwater County sales tax | Platte County allegations
Wyoming DEQ is stepping up Rawlins’ air quality monitoring downwind of oil and gas operations. Sweetwater County commissioners discuss voters’ appetite for using sales tax to support community projects. Some Platte County residents want the governor to investigate county commissioners.
Local Lookout: Hate crimes repeal | Shooting complex subsidy | Development deregulation
Gillette’s so-called hate crimes ordinance is being removed from its city code. Park County is questioning how much to chip in for a shooting complex already drawing on state tax funds. Laramie County is making it easier to add storage spaces, such as shipping containers, on private property.
Local Lookout: Axing property taxes | Nuclear permitting concerns | Scrutinizing surveillance cameras
Laramie County leaders are warning that local services could take a big hit if the Legislature axes residential property taxes. Fast-tracking a permit for a nuclear power plant near Kemmerer is raising concerns from scientists. Jackson is reviewing its use of Flock surveillance cameras.
Local Lookout: Kemmerer braces for workforce spike | Laramie talks taxes, housing shortage | Casper brewery taps out
Kemmerer wants to lure a housing manufacturer to town ahead of construction workers expected to flock to town for jobs tied to a new nuclear power plant. Laramie officials also see housing as a pressing need. Casper’s brewery boom faces some health-conscious headwinds.
Local Lookout: ICE payments overdue | Affordable housing on national forest | ‘Urgent’ need for Red Cross volunteers
Uinta County is waiting for the federal government to pay overdue bills for housing ICE detainees. The Jackson Town Council is considering kicking in cash for an affordable housing project on national forest. A lack of volunteers is hamstringing disaster response in Riverton.
Local Lookout: Pedestrian safety concerns | Water deal for gold mine | Frat house demolition
Community members are calling for crossing guards after two boys were struck by a car while walking to school. The Cheyenne City Council is working on a water service agreement with a Wyoming gold mine. Students and alumni are pushing back on a UW decision to demo the Sigma Phi Epsilon house.
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