Archive for March, 2010
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Wolves and the Sage Grouse
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 won’t budge. A very expensive […]
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Wyoming’s Sage Grouse Receives National Recognition
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 budge. A very expensive stalemate.
So […]
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
At the end, interminable – er, interim – studies
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.
But first, a Thursday afternoon meeting […]
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
OSHA OUT-A-HERE
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 safety laws.
The bill (HB 93), […]
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
A Small Antidote for an Ill Health Care System
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, health savings account, and other […]