Excellent recap Week 2 with insightful interviews from Cheyenne’s Wyoming News Now.
Expanded Medicaid in 2025?
Twenty volunteers from the Cancer Action Network (ASC CAN) of the American Cancer Society visited the Capitol to share personal accounts of their experiences without health insurance. The article reminds us that Medicaid expansion favors the working poor. Read about
SF 64 refunds royalties
The federal government raised mineral royalties from 12.5% to 16.67%. The state and the federal government each take half. SF 64 refunds those who mine in WY rather than use the extra for health care, schools, roads, etc.
Opinion: How about a minimum salary for teachers? $50,000? $60,000? or even $100,000?
$100,000 minimum wage? Last year, no state offered a starting salary of $60,000. Policy think tanks across the political spectrum agree that wages for those with comparable education as teachers are too low by at least 20%. Surprisingly, this pay
ACSD#1: More plans to cut budget excesses
The ASCD #1 Budget Subcommittee proposed three policies to cut costs. The board selected the first plan because it was the only one of the three would raise salaries for teachers and professional staff. Currently, both groups are notably underpaid
Committees craft bills over months are slaughtered week 1 of Session
Reporter Maggie Mullen offers insights in her analysis of days 1–3. Thank-you, Ms. Mullen. She notes that the traditional deference to the introduction of interim committee bills is being undermined. They aren’t accepted for introduction! If you have been watching
Wyoming Senate reinstalls its Appropriations Chair
In the very first minutes of Day 1, the Senators revealed legalistic and personal aspects of a dispute concerning the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Senator Charlie Scott asked, “What should the rule be going forward?” He added that he
Governor Gordon: 2024 State of the State address
“WY is on a roll.” All sorts of measurements are better than they have been recently, including unemployment, GDP, etc. Watch the governor’s speech on the WY PBS site. Watch>>> The video of the address also includes an address by
Legislative funding to resolve cold cases? HB29
WY has at least 150 cold cases. Increased attention to the horrific MMIP cases is surely a motivator for all of Wyoming’s cold cases. “House Bill 29 will provide DCI with $150,000 from the state’s general fund to create and
FBI launches Wyoming MMIP investigation: tips? 307-433-3221
In 2022, the FBI initiated a similar investigation in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. Indigenous people comprise 10% of New Mexico’s population, but only 3% of Wyoming’s. As so often explained, “the MMIP issue crosses complicated jurisdictional lines among