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WEBSep 13, 2024 · Rocky Mountain Power meeting upsets customers already frustrated by electric rate hikes. Wyoming utility regulators say they might schedule their own public meetings regarding the utility’s pending rate hikes. Wyoming's independent news source. In-depth digital reporting covering politics, energy, …
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · by Tennessee Watson and Jake Goodrick, Gillette News Record September 6, 2024. Share this: Facebook X Messenger Email Share. Experts say drugs and prolonged prone restraints are often a lethal combo. The sheriff’s office stands by jail staff and asserts the in-custody death was not their fault.
Agencies fight release of Wyoming police shooting settlements …
WEBNov 21, 2023 · The county paid $62,771.00 for a policy in 2021-2022 and $65,413.00 for 2022-23 coverage, records requested by WyoFile show. Much like a co-pay for a visit to the doctor’s office, Albany County also paid a $5,000 deductible for the settlement regarding Hinkel v. Albany County in August 2022, county records also show.
Wyoming's 2024 Candidates | WyoFile 2024 Election Guide
WEBAug 25, 2024 · Welcome to WyoFile’s guide to the 2024 election. This guide aims to help voters inform themselves before heading to the polls. Every federal and state legislative candidate was sent a questionnaire crafted by WyoFile reporters and editors about the key issues facing Wyoming. The candidates’ responses, or lack thereof, are included in their original, unedited form in the guide.
Wyoming passes up federal funds to voluntarily close oil and gas …
WEBOct 5, 2023 · The Mitigating Emissions from Marginal Conventional Wells program would pay the costs of voluntarily closing and remediating wells that produce less than the equivalent of 15 barrels of oil per day — aka “stripper” wells. Wyoming is eligible for up to $5 million of the $350 million program, according to federal documents.
Wyoming’s coal carbon capture mandate makes legislative advances
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Wyoming’s carbon capture mandate at coal-fired power plants saw several amendments last week and will head to the Wyoming Legislature’s Senate Appropriations Committee before potentially being considered on the Senate floor. The Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee …
Despite staggering costs and logistic challenges, carbon capture ...
WEBApr 2, 2024 · Two electric utility companies in Wyoming will advance engineering studies and analysis to potentially retrofit four coal-burning units with carbon capture technology, but significant costs and logistic challenges remain, recent filings with the state show.
Wyomingites may be skeptical of Obamacare, but many use it
WEBMay 10, 2024 · The analysis also showed that Wyoming benefited the most from advanced premium tax credits, bringing down the $937 average monthly market premium in the state to $118. “Healthcare is actually more expensive in a lot of rural states than in urban states because there’s a shortage of providers,” said Katherine Hempstead, report author and ...
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WEBWe appreciate you being a member of the WyoFile community. Our work is made possible by dedicated members like you who invest in our reporting - thank you! This Week is a collection of WyoFile’s most recent stories, features, columns, news briefs and other works. Check out what’s been happening in Wyoming!
Sweeping redesign of state’s mental-health-services policy underway
WEBJul 2, 2021 · Fuchs said payment would be the focus of the Aug. 17 gathering. The work of redesigning how the state approaches mental health and substance abuse services will continue long after the Sept. 1 report is due, Wilson said. Because, as with so many things the Labor, Health and Social Services Committee tackles, …