http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com Your Source for Wyoming Legislative Coverage Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:24:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the topics we have covered again and again on Capitol Outlook has been the battle between Wyoming and the federal government over the state’s plan to manage wolf populations – the feds say it doesn’t do enough to protect the endangered wolf; Wyoming digs in its heels and ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=91 One the topics we have covered again and again on Capitol Outlook has been the battle between Wyoming and the federal government over the state’s plan to manage wolf populations – the feds say it doesn’t do enough to protect the endangered wolf; Wyoming digs in its heels and won’t ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=90 It’s all over but the shouting – after four weeks of work, the 60th Wyoming Legislature will shortly fold its tent, and a good many legislators, and executive branch folks, will head out for a few stiff drinks and some shouting...back and forth about what they did and didn’t accomplish. ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=89 One of the few surprises of the session – and an action that may have repercussion sat the federal and state level – was the defeat Tuesday of a bill that would have dramatically increased penalties against employers when workers are injured or killed due to willful violation of workplace ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=88 Sen. Charlie Scott (R-Casper) has made health care issues his specialty – even wrote a book about it – and last year advanced his solution, in pilot form: a program that would offer health insurance to a few working people with low incomes, with incentives to practice preventive health care, ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=87 On Tuesday, and today, the full House and Senate each heard dozens of amendments to the $2.9 billion budget. You keep a cheat sheet handy, and run back and forth between chambers. But you’re bound to miss something – the Senate will be working on an amendment to limit funding ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=86 It’s bad enough that pine bark beetles are turning Wyoming forests rust brown. Now there’s a pesky little mollusk, the zebra mussel – originally from Russia, wouldn’t you know – that’s spreading through North America on the bottoms of boats, and threatening to enter Wyoming waters. The mussels tend to ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=85 A question, Wyoming: have you put up a new school in your town recently? Chances are you have – the education building binge has been revving in high gear for years now, and many school districts have some nice new bricks and mortar. Whether they’ve produced smarter, better-prepared students is ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=84 The easiest way to mock or demonize the cause of those who lobby for the liberty to obtain, carry, conceal and use firearms of all sorts is to describe their most vocal and insistent members. Perhaps it’s fairer to mention first the more reasonable people in this movement. Tom Zachary ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=83 You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the legislature is blowing: on the issue of wind, they’re taking charge, with proposals to tax, regulate, and strip wind power transmission lines of their right to blow over property owners. But expect a little push-back from industry lobbyists. Rep. Kermit ... http://www.wyomingcapitoloutlook.com/?p=82