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Wyoming approach to COVID-19 causing hysteria

By Staff report | Nov 24, 2020

Wyoming finds itself at 150 deaths per million making it 4th in the country when it comes to COVID-related deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

Wyoming podcast focused on voter integrity suggested voter ID prior to messy Nov. 3 election

By Equality State News | Nov 18, 2020

Prior to the Nov. 3 election, host Jan Otto and WyLiberty policy analyst Jonathan Clark discussed common voting concerns in the podcast Voter Assurance.

OPINION: Who are the Key Players in Voter Fraud?

By Wyoming Liberty Group | Nov 17, 2020

When considering elections and the process and results of voting, it is not difficult to find published, verified instances of hacking, attacks on election processes, voter fraud, and outright manipulation of voting results.

Wyoming ranked fifth in nation with rental vacancy rate of 9.4% in 2020

By Equality State News | Nov 12, 2020

Wyoming ranked fifth in the nation throughout 2020 with a rental vacancy rate of 9.4 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Top marginal tax rate in Wyoming could reach 49.34% under Biden plan

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 23, 2020

Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Wyoming could hit 49.34 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon gets ‘A’ grade for fiscal management

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 7, 2020

Republican Gov. Mark Gordon received a grade of “A” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for his tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.

Wyoming’s property tax revenue unchanged since Q3 2019

By Equality State News | Oct 1, 2020

Wyoming collected $14 million in property taxes during the third quarter of 2020, unchanged from the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Wyoming collects $14 million in property tax revenue in Q3 2020

By Equality State News | Oct 1, 2020

Wyoming collected $14 million in property taxes during the third quarter of 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Wyoming to lose $45.9 million in tax revenue from hotel industry this year

By Metric Media News Service | Jul 17, 2020

Wyoming will lose $45.9 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.

Wyoming’s property tax revenue up 9.4 percent since Q2 2019

By Equality State News | Jul 1, 2020

Wyoming collected $105 million in property taxes during the second quarter of 2020, a 9.4 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Wyoming collects $105 million in property tax revenue in Q2 2020

By Equality State News | Jul 1, 2020

Wyoming collected $105 million in property taxes during the second quarter of 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

HollyFrontier announces plan to convert Cheyenne refinery to diesel, lay off 200

By April Bamburg | Jun 5, 2020

The HollyFrontier petroleum refinery in Cheyenne announced that it will transition to production of renewable diesel fuel and will lay off approximately 200 employees over the next 18 months.

Rep. Cheney, 23 other GOP lawmakers ask EPA to approve renewable fuel standard waivers

By Karen Kidd | May 21, 2020

Wyoming U.S. House Rep. Liz Cheney recently joined 23 other Republican lawmakers to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to approve renewable fuel standard waiver requests by governors of in oil-producing states.

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Wyoming governor asks EPA to relax U.S. renewable fuel standards to help refining industry

By April Bamburg | May 4, 2020

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon joined fellow governors from Utah, Oklahoma and Texas on April 16, in asking EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to expedite a waiver of renewable volume obligations under the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) in light of the extraordinary issues facing the nation’s oil refineries and the nation as a whole.

Wyoming governor urges EPA to waive renewable volume obligations of fuel standard

By April Bamburg | Apr 24, 2020

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon joined leaders from three other states on April 16 in asking EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to expedite a waiver of renewable volume obligations under the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) in light of the extraordinary issues facing the nation’s oil refineries and the nation as a whole.