Candidates in 2016 ought to be made to clearly state their position on raising the state minimum wage of $5.15 to the state’s living wage.
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Savings isn’t only answer to Wyoming’s huge budget shortfall
(Opinion column) — Wyoming, we have a problem. A $1.3 billion problem. And that’s just the total budget shortfall legislators are staring at over the next three years to fund state government and education. If the energy industry takes even longer to recover from its lower production and price levels, the already massive shortfall will […]
Posted inDrake's Take, Economy, Legislature, Policy, The Drake's Take
Wyoming can make up budget shortfall without panicking
A budget shortfall should be manageable if Wyoming looks at all of its potential revenue sources and uses them wisely.
Posted inDrake's Take, Health Care, Policy, Politics
Lummis’ Planned Parenthood performance shames all of Wyoming
(Opinion column) — Some right-wing U.S. House Republicans have a wincingly imbecilic way of trying to show they’re not waging a war on women. It should be their undoing on the campaign trail next year. Last week they embarrassed themselves by publicly berating a woman who oversees a nonprofit organization that provides vital health services […]
Posted inDrake's Take, Policy, Politics, The Drake's Take
Governors fighting plan to save Syrian refugees are shameless
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead joined others who are using fear-mongering tactics and their own self-righteousness to deny hope to desperate Syrian refugees.
