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Wyoming No. 6 most-reliant on gun industry
If the gun industry is ever shot dead, Wyoming is one of the states with the most to lose, according to a new analysis. Online data mincer wallethub.com ran numbers that placed Wyoming neighbor Idaho...
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Oil prices hit 13-year lows
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday that crude oil prices have hit their lowest levels since 2003 as high inventories push crude prices below $30 per barrel. “Several factors have...
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Small Business Council ranks Wyo. No. 4 for biz
Wyoming has been ranked by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council as the No. 4 place to start a small business for 2016. The council’s small business policy index measures small-business and...
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How to see the Wyoming Legislature in action
CHEYENNE – If you’ve attended a session of the Wyoming Legislature before, then you shouldn’t have too much trouble navigating its new temporary home. Just remember to think backward, and you’re...
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Mead ‘heartened’ by Wyo. despite budget woes
CHEYENNE – In Gov. Matt Mead’s state of the state address Monday, he dwelled on the troubling budget picture facing Wyoming in an energy economy gone bust, but not without optimism. “I look around...
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Wyo. economic indicator at lowest in five years
Despite bright spots like tourism thriving on cheap gas, Wyoming’s economy is in decline, economic figures released Tuesday indicate. Still, as some claim Wyoming is in a localized recession, one...
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Supreme Court stays Clean Power Plan
Wyoming leaders rejoiced and environmentalists didn’t as the U.S. Supreme Court put a stay on the Clean Power Plan Tuesday. Detractors say the plan could cost hundreds of billions of dollars to...
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Lotto board sends $1M to state coffers
The Wyoming Lottery Corporation will send at least $1 million and possibly more to the Wyoming State Treasurer on April 5. The money will then be transmitted to cities, towns and counties as required...
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Wyo. delegation asks to kill soda ash tariffs
Wyoming’s delegation were among 20 congressmen to push for elimination of a 5.5 percent tariff on soda ash exported to the European Union. Wyoming is home to the bulk of the U.S. trona-mining industry...
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Arch Coal deal covers only 18.9 percent of Wyo. bonding costs
In a bankruptcy deal, Arch Coal committed to carving out $75 million of its debtor-in-possession financing to pay Wyoming for reclamation costs along with third-party collateral valued at $17 million...
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Peabody loses $1.47B in 2015, borrows $825M in 2016
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal company that has three coalmines in Wyoming, lost nearly $1.47 billion in 2015 on a fourth-quarter loss of nearly $471 million. Making the hole...
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DEQ responds to federal self-bonding investigation
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality said in a response to a federal investigation that a dramatic decline in Alpha Natural Resource’s financial condition helped identify “systemic problems...
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$20K OK’d for alternative to Medicaid expansion
CHEYENNE – The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday signed off on a $20,000 appropriation for a bill that would seek an alternative to Medicaid expansion in Wyoming. Senate File 86 is sponsored...
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Insurer: Cybersecurity neglect could kill your business
When cybersecurity insurance policies pay out, the average claim is $733,000. “There are not a lot of small or medium-sized businesses that can take that kind of hit without insurance,” said John...
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Social services remain on the legislature’s chopping block
CHEYENNE – The legislature advanced a budget plan Wednesday that defunds the state’s family literacy centers as well as two programs that provide millions of dollars in aid to low-income, elderly and...
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Cloud Peak loses $205M in 2015, drops 100 employees
GILLETTE – The largest company headquartered in Wyoming turned from a net income of $79 million in 2014 to a $204.9 million net loss in 2015, forcing the company to pare back its workforce by 100...
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Medicaid expansion axed by Wyoming Legislature
CHEYENNE – For the fourth year in a row, the Legislature has rejected extending Medicaid coverage to 20,000 low-income Wyomingites. The state Senate voted 20-10 against on Friday on an amendment to the...
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Panels to discuss Paris accord and Wyo. impacts
LARAMIE – In December, the U.S. was one of more than 195 countries to sign the Paris climate agreement, which is aimed at limiting global temperature increases to less than 2 degrees Celsius in...
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Senate committee approves interstate nurse compact bills
CHEYENNE – Two bills that would make it easier for out-of-state nurses to work in Wyoming were approved by both a Senate committee and the full Senate on Monday. House Bill 55 would enter Wyoming into...
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One asset forfeiture plan advances in Wyoming Legislature
CHEYENNE – Two bills seeking to reform Wyoming’s controversial asset seizure and forfeiture laws were introduced at the start of this year’s legislative session. But only one of the proposals – the...
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