CHEYENNE — Officials from the Wyoming Military Department advised legislators against restarting the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy until sufficient staffing for the residential program for at-risk youth is secured.
Wyoming’s Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee wants out-of-state electric vehicles to pay their fair share for impacting state roads through a 4 cents per kilowatt-hour tax.
CHEYENNE — Officials from the Wyoming Military Department advised legislators against restarting the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy until sufficient staffing for the residential program for at-risk youth was secured.
A Wyoming legislative committee is considering a plan that would hike the state’s diesel fuel tax 5 cents a gallon and gasoline 2 cents in return for giving residents a reduction on their vehicle registration bills.
After heated public testimony at recent town halls and a legislative committee meeting, lawmakers aim to ease the growing cost of residential property taxes.
Wyomingites who criticized taxation and government spending were met with applause and cheers from audience members during the first of two days of Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee hearings.
As Wyoming highways see more traffic from electric vehicles (EV), the Wyoming Department of Transportation, which is supported by fuel taxes EV drivers don’t pay, is looking at ways to tax them to pay for using Wyoming roads.
On Thursday, April 20 at the Best Western Conference Center, Sheridan County Republicans hosted a Patriot Town Hall Chat with several of the legislators, Bo Biteman, Ken Pendergraft, Clarence Styvar, Mark Jennings and Barry Crago.
Bryan Miller, Sheridan County Republican Chairman, introduced the