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CHEYENNE — A bill draft that proposed an acquisition value-based property tax system narrowly failed to advance in the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee on Monday.

After a state-funded study highlighted a deficient legal framework and the potential for depleted state revenue, a committee left the proposed legislation behind.

CHEYENNE — A bill draft that proposed an acquisition value-based property tax system narrowly failed to advance in the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee on Monday. The proposed legislation divided Wyoming

The state Joint Revenue Committee killed a proposal Monday that would have taxed property on its market value instead of assessed valuation.

Executive branch can already sue feds without Legislature duplicating the effort, Drake opines.

If finalized, it will designate 1.8 million acres of Wyoming as “areas of critical environmental concern,” which would severely restrict most mining, oil and gas development, and grazing.

Wyoming lawmakers want to earmark $50 million to sue the federal government over implementation of national environmental and natural resource laws.

Wyoming lawmakers want to earmark $50 million to sue the federal government over implementation of national environmental and natural resource laws.

Measure seeks to equip Legislature — independent of executive branch — with the means to defend Wyoming’s interests from perceived federal threats.

Wyoming will be “locked and loaded” with a $50 million war chest to fight the BLM’s controversial Rock Springs management plan from a draft bill passed on Monday.