Wyoming Government News

A company that runs a pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in northeast Wyoming has won approval to participate in a new federal program that aids development of biofuels.

A storage tank roof that sank at a Sinclair Oil refinery earlier this year and caused Wyoming's biggest spill in decades wasn't unprecedented: A storage tank roof also sank at the refinery in 2007.

Even though gay marriage is illegal in Wyoming, the state has the fifth-highest percentage of same-sex spouses of any state in the nation.

With diabetes rates rising in the state, the Wyoming Department of Health is asking residents to know their a oeABCsa as they relate to diabetes and health.

A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.

Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming.

Northwest College Board of Trustees is advocating a statewide sales tax to fund Wyoming community colleges.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 12:16 pm US/Mountain MATT JOYCE, Associated Press Writer CHEYENNE, Wyo.

With temperatures dipping and winter planning how to best sock the state, it's time for--planting? Energy companies wait until late October to plant seeds to help reclaim disturbed areas.

A group of Wyoming politicos and journalists is launching a nonprofit online news publication dedicated to covering state government.

Gov. Haley Barbour visited with Mississippi National Guard troops on the ground at forward operating bases in Afghanistan today after discussions on Thursday with the U.S. ambassador and military commanders in Kabul, the country's capital city.

Two Powder River Basin coal mines have been recognized by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining for their reclamation work.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is on a trip to the Middle East to visit Wyoming soldiers.

Governor Dave Freudenthal visited Wyoming National Guard troops and other active duty U.S. personnel serving in Kuwait and Iraq while on a trip sponsored by the Secretary of Defense.

A state-managed pension plan for Wyoming firefighters is facing up to a $30 million deficit for all those hired before July 2, 1981.

A Jackson Hole pathways project received $170,000 in grant funding, officials announced this week.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is deferring the auction of controversial oil and gas leases in the high desert Adobe Town area in southwest Wyoming.

Some key Wyoming legislators say the Hathaway Scholarship Fund won't stretch as far as it does now if a tuition hike is approved for the University of Wyoming.

A top Wyoming official says various federal agencies gave the state conflicting instructions about how to calculate the number of jobs the federal economic stimulus program has created in the state.

Officials with Aristotle International say Wyoming had 7,723 dead people registered to vote through October and another 45,547 who have moved from the district where they are registered to vote.