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The Ranger RIVERTON — It’s been 234 years since the Constitutional Convention, and some Wyoming lawmakers think that’s long enough. State Senate Joint Resolution 2 is a bid to launch a new convention of states in order to amend the U.S. Constitution in ways that would limit federal power. Republican state Senators Cale Case, of Lander, and Ed Cooper, of Ten Sleep, along with State Rep. Pepper Ottman, R-Riverton, have co-sponsored the bill, which was introduced to the Senate on Fe...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Carbon County, Wyoming, Knows Which Way the Wind Is Blowing Source: By Dionne Searcey and photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen, New York Times • Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 In the heart of coal country, the town of Rawlins will soon be home to one of the nation’s largest wind farms. But pride in the fossil fuel past remains a powerful force. The Ekola Flats Wind Farm in Carbon County. RAWLINS, Wyo. — The coal layered underground helpe...

Wyoming Senate debate letting government publishing occur online vs. in newspapers By Brendan LaChance on March 3, 2021 (Shutterstock) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Senate took up debate on Wednesday, March 3 to eliminate some requirements for government entities publishing information in local newspapers. Senate File 17 would allow counties, towns and school districts to post minutes of meetings and salary information on their own websites rather than paying to have these published in a newsp...

Senate File 73 is sponsored by Sen. Cale Case [R-Fremont County] and Stephan Pappas [R-Laramie County].

By Brendan LaChance on February 1, 2021 The Capitol Building in Cheyenne Wyoming surrounded by smoke from the Mullen Wildfire (John Roedel, Cap City News September 26th, 2020) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Senate passed legislation on Friday, Jan. 29 which would reduce direct distributions to local governments by $10.5 million. Cuts in state funding for counties and municipalities is being looked at as a way to help keep the budget deficit from ballooning again in coming years. While cuts to ...

Bill To Impose Tolls For I-80 In Wyoming Filed In Legislature Senate File 73 is sponsored by Sen. Cale Case [R-Fremont County] and Stephan Pappas [R-Laramie County]. The idea of making I-80 a toll road is not a new one. It has been discussed in Wyoming for over a decade, and a similar bill failed to win final approval in the 2020 Budget Session of the legislature. Advocates of the idea have argued for years that imposing a toll is needed to properly maintain Interstate 80. But even if the bill ...

Wyoming lawmakers rejected a pair of bills Thursday aiming to raise revenues through the state’s energy industries, one of which would establish an excise tax on electricity production in the state and another that would increase the tax burden for the wind energy industry. CHEYENNE – Wyoming lawmakers rejected a pair of bills Thursday aiming to raise revenues through the state’s energy industries, one of which would establish an excise tax on electricity production in the state and anoth...

Credit Holly Copeland The legislatures Joint Revenue Committee once again considered and voted against a bill that would have raised the generation tax on wind. This time from $1 per megawatt hour to $2 per megawatt hour. The bill would have also removed a three-year tax exemption enjoyed by wind energy producers. The Legislative Service Office alongside the Wyoming Department of Revenue prepared estimates of how that might change the states revenue picture. With both the changes, Wyomings ge...