Wyoming's 2024 Candidates | WyoFile 2024 Election Guide
3 days ago · Welcome to WyoFile's guide to the 2024 election. This guide aims to help voters inform themselves before heading to the polls. Every federal and state legislative candidate was sent a questionnaire crafted by WyoFile reporters and editors about the key issues facing Wyoming. The candidates' responses, or lack thereof, …
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Oct 8, 2024 · Gov. Gordon commits to protecting Dayton area as Elk Fire swells to 50,000 acres. At a briefing Wednesday evening in Ranchester, the governor said federal fire managers on the Elk Fire have access to the state’s resources, including the National Guard. by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. October 3, 2024.
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Oct 10, 2024 · Constitutional rights suit against Casper cop and city costs Wyoming $155,000. by Madelyn Beck October 10, 2024.
Gordon signs property tax relief package into law - WyoFile
Mar 22, 2024 · Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday signed into law a package of property tax relief bills approved by legislators during Wyoming’s 2024 budget session. Collectively, the legislation creates new exemptions for certain homeowners, doubles an existing exemption for veterans, caps annual increases and expands eligibility for a state refund program.
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May 16, 2017 · Wyoming’s sales tax is the 44th lowest in the nation, and its tax on beer is the 50th, unchanged since 1935 when it was set at $0.02 a gallon. Its property tax for homeowners is 46th lowest. Wyoming is one of seven states with no individual income tax, and one of only two with no corporate income tax, South Dakota being the other one.
Supreme Court ruling to trigger Wyoming abortion ban - WyoFile
Jun 24, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating Americans’ constitutional right to abortion and clearing the way for Wyoming’s abortion ban trigger law to go into effect.. House Bill 92 – Abortion prohibition-supreme court decision, passed during the 2022 legislative session, makes all abortions illegal in the state except in cases of rape, incest and serious risk of ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Wyoming Department of Health | Public Health Division | Wyoming Chronic Disease & Maternal Child Health Epidemiology | Fact Sheet | Published March 1, 2024
Five challengers vying to oust incumbent Gov. Gordon - WyoFile
Jul 5, 2022 · If Gordon is able to secure the nomination in August, he’ll face one of two Democratic challengers — Theresa Livingston of Worland or Rex Wilde of Cheyenne — in November for Wyoming’s highest state office. As head of Wyoming’s executive branch, the governor oversees dozens of agencies like the Departments of Health, Transportation ...
Wildfire burns 163,000 acres in northern Wyoming, forcing
Aug 22, 2024 · The House Draw Fire burning in northern Wyoming grew to more than 163,000 acres on Thursday — nearly the combined size of Denver and Salt Lake City — threatening structures, prompting evacuation orders and forcing the closure of Interstate 90. The blaze is just one of multiple wildfires burning in the state, taxing fire resources and ...
Wyoming to be ‘ground zero’ for advanced nuclear plant
Jun 3, 2021 · Wyoming will become “ground zero” as home to the first of a new generation of nuclear power plants to be developed via a diverse public-private partnership that includes Bill Gates, officials announced Wednesday. The advanced nuclear energy demonstration plant will replace one of four coal-fired plants in PacifiCorp’s Wyoming power system ...