Governor Matt Mead has announced that Wyoming will move forward on efforts to boost early childhood learning without applying for a federal grant. Governor Mead had looked into the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant, but decided not to pursue this federal funding any further. “I recognize there are needs when it comes...
Affordable Care Act gives seniors with Medicare cheaper prescription drugs, free preventive services, and lower costs With more benefits, better choices and lower costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging people with Medicare and their families to begin reviewing drug and health plan coverage options for 2012. The Medicare Open...
Four contracts totaling nearly $2.9 million were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during a teleconference meeting Thursday, Sept. 29 for work needed primarily as a result of landslides and flooding this summer. Oftedal Construction of Miles City, Mont. won the largest of the contracts with a bid of $937,000 for scaling, blasting and...
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi is encouraging Wyoming juniors in high school to apply to be a Senate Page for the spring session in Washington, DC. The deadline for spring applications is November 30. “The page program allows students to have a front row seat during debates in the U.S. Senate,” Enzi said. “The program...
WY Dept. of Health: “Don’t wait” Because annual flu vaccinations are a key tool to prevent the spread of influenza, a Wyoming Department of Health official is reminding Wyoming residents of the vaccine’s importance. Dr. Tracy Murphy, state epidemiologist with the Wyoming Department of Health, said getting immunized is the single most effective thing...
Secretary of State Max Maxfield on Thursday filed suit in state district court to seek a court ruling on term limits for the state’s executive branch. As Secretary of State, Maxfield is the state’s chief election officer. Maxfield filed the suit in his individual capacity because he believes that having an unconstitutional statue on...
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp (WHCC) inmate Derrick Lee Brock has been apprehended. Brock was placed on escape status on Friday, Sept. 23 after it was determined he was missing while on a work detail at the State Fairgrounds in Douglas. Casper Police, who were working in partnership with Natrona County Sheriff’s and the Wyoming...
A discovery trunk featuring artifacts highlighting Wyoming archaeology has been completed by the Wyoming State Museum and is available to public, private, and home-school teachers in Wyoming. Created by staff at the museum and the State Historic Preservation Office, the trunk features more than 30 reproduction artifacts including a variety of stone points and...
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) today introduced the Medicaid Flexibility for States Act to allow states to ‘Opt-Out’ of Obamacare’s costly expansion of Medicaid. Barrasso and Graham noted Medicaid in its current form is crushing the states financially. The expansion called for under Obamacare will exacerbate the problem. Obamacare...
The Arch Coal Foundation is once again giving Wyoming residents an opportunity to recognize the state’s star teachers, according to Greg Schaefer, vice president, external affairs, western region, for Arch Coal, Inc. “The Foundation is pleased that its Teacher Achievement Awards Program is now recognized as Wyoming’s longest running, privately sponsored, statewide teacher-recognition effort,”...
