Max Maxfield, Secretary of State, has released the 2012 Wyoming Campaign Guide. The online guide is updated each election year as a resource for candidates, their supporters, and others involved in political campaigns. It is also widely used by political action committees, political parties, and the media. Among other tools, the guide contains a...
Governor Matt Mead will sign a proclamation declaring March 30, 2012, the second annual Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day. This proclamation encourages people to thank all Wyoming veterans, especially those Korean War and Vietnam War veterans who were not properly thanked upon their return home. “Last year was the inaugural ‘Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home...
Governor Matt Mead recently announced Wyoming has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit, in order to defend an amendment to the Black Hills Forest Plan. The amendment was developed by the Black Hills National Forest, Wyoming and South Dakota to maintain forest health. Several environmental groups including the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, the...
The Wyoming Emergency Insect Management Committee recently released the 2012 Emergency Insect Management Program grant package and is now accepting applications. Any state or political subdivision may apply for assistance from the committee through the program for outbreaks of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets or other outbreak or cyclic insects. Applications for funding are due by...
Wyoming workers seeking careers in health care received a tremendous boost as the result of a federal grant awarded to the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) worth nearly $5 million. The grant, which was awarded through a competitive process, was announced by U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis last week. It will allow training...
Through With Chew Week is February 19-25; Great American Spit Out is February 23 A Wyoming Department of Health official is calling the continuing high rates of smokeless tobacco use among state high school students a significant and troubling concern. Among Wyoming’s high school boys, the rate who said they used spit tobacco in...
Wyoming drivers now have the option of making next of kin information available to emergency response personnel and law enforcement officers by supplying the information to WYDOT Driver Services when getting or renewing their driver license. The option is available as a result of legislation passed last year. “I think it came more from...
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced this week that it is seeking private non-profit organizations to participate in a turnkey Summer Food Service Program for this coming summer (2012). Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. Children who aren’t hungry learn better, behave...
Governor Matt Mead announced his first biennial budget Thursday. That budget, for the 2013-14 biennium, strikes an important balance between fiscal restraint and capitalizing on opportunities to invest in services with significant impacts for local communities, highways and education according to Mead. “Wyoming is financially strong and we have an opportunity to invest in...
Governor Matt Mead, on Monday directed the State of Wyoming to petition for a rehearing of the decision that upheld the Roadless Rule. Governor Mead would like the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to consider Wyoming’s arguments en banc. “This Rule has significant implications for Wyoming and our people,” Governor Mead said. “The...
