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Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Oh, how bad could Interstate 80 get between Cheyenne and Laramie in the winter? Really bad. Some notable Wyomingites chimed in about winter driving in the wake of my column last week about winter roads in the Cowboy State."
Yvonne Temsik, aka Nana and mother of The San Pedro Sun's owner Tamara Sniffin, passed away on January 6, 2023. She first came to San Pedro in 1976 with her husband Ron, when the village had a population of 400 people. They immediately fell in love with the island and the wonderful people. It wasn't long after that they made it their second home for nearly 50 years.
Wyoming residents can afford to pay more in taxes, argues an analysis by the Laramie County Community Collegeâs Center for Business and Economic Analysis, citing the stateâs already low tax burden and relatively inexpensive cost of living. The analysis, drafted last December, was presented to the Joint Revenue Committee on May 11 as part of an interim discussion on the stateâs tax structure. It expands on a 2020 Legislative Service Office study that compared Wyomingâs median tax rates to those in surrounding states like Nebraska, Montana and the Dakotas. That study found W...
Green River Star - Lawmakers review tax structure again May 13, 2021 CHEYENNE — With Wyoming facing an annual funding shortfall worth roughly $300 million for its K-12 education system, lawmakers on the Joint Revenue Committee spent much of their meeting Monday reviewing how the state pays for its services, as well as how its economic lynchpins have changed over the past decade. Wyoming, which has long relied on coal, oil and natural gas industries to pay the lion’s share of taxes in the state, has seen a substantial decline in revenues over the last decade. From the 2013-14 biennium...
LCCC study: Wyo residents can afford higher taxes The restored Wyoming State Capitol building is seen at night on Feb. 11, 2020, in Cheyenne. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City File) Wyoming residents can afford to pay more in taxes, an analysis by the Laramie County Community College’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis argues, citing the state’s already-low tax burden and relatively inexpensive cost of living. The analysis, which was drafted last December, was presented to the Joint Revenue Committee Monday as part of an interim discussion on the state’s tax structure. It expands on a 202...