Biden administration
Stay on vaccine mandate provides relief for some hospitals
By Kevin Killough, Mark Davis and CJ Baker
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates have had health care workers and their employers on edge in recent weeks, but on Monday, a...
Industry criticizes plan to tap oil reserves
By Nicole Pollack
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — The federal government will pull oil from the country’s emergency stockpile in an effort to bring down stubbornly high fuel prices, the White House said Tuesday.
Over the next...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Health Services board of trustees will review and vote on a vaccine mandate policy on Thursday, Nov. 18, after the release of mandate regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, commonly referred to as CMS.
During a Monday...
TerraPower chooses Kemmerer for nuclear reactor
By Hannah Black
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CHEYENNE — TerraPower, Bill Gates’ nuclear power company, announced Tuesday that it has chosen Kemmerer as its preferred site for a planned nuclear reactor.
The project, announced in...

Gov. Mark Gordon explains his proposed $2.3 billion budget for the upcoming 2023-24 biennium during a news conference Monday at the state Capitol. The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee will begin considering the proposal in detail on Dec. 1. (Photo by Jasmine Hall, Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Gordon unveils proposed $2.3 billion budget
By Jasmine Hall
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon proposed a balanced general fund budget of nearly $2.3 billion for the 2023-24 biennium Monday that will be considered by the Wyoming Legislature during the...
Gaining my religion: Religious exemption may be only out for some unvaccinated Campbell County Health employees
By Jake Goodrick
Gillette News Record
Via Wyoming News Exchange
GILLETTE — The Campbell County Health COVID-19 vaccine policy implemented this week will pose the decision to the...

A “boneyard at the Eagle Butte coal mine north of Gillette is filled with old mining equipment. Eagle Butte was one of several coal mines to temporarily close in 2019 due to Blackjewel’s bankruptcy. (Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com)
Fossil fuels boost revenue outlook, but add more budget volatility
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com
Wyoming’s revenue outlook has improved by $845 million on rebounding markets for coal, oil and natural gas just as lawmakers prepare for the upcoming budget session in February. But there’s a...
Gordon signs only new law from Wyoming Legislature's special vaccine mandate session
JACKSON (WNE) — Gov. Mark Gordon has signed the sole bill to emerge from the Wyoming Legislature’s special session intended to fight the Biden administration’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The governor put...
Johnson County officials fear school, hospital staffs will quit due to vax mandate
By Alex Hargrave
Buffalo Bulletin
Via Wyoming News Exchange
BUFFALO — Johnson County Healthcare Center is preparing for an impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its employees after the Biden administration...
Power station workers protest vaccine mandate
By Mark DeLap
Platte County Record Times
Via Wyoming News Exchange
WHEATLAND – Somewhere around 85 protesters peacefully gathered at Basin Electric Laramie River Station near gate No. 1 last Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., where they called out to...
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