Gov. Mark Gordon

Crews set up a workover rig June 3, 2022, in the Salt Creek oil field where CO2 from ExxonMobil's Shute Creek facility was injected for enhanced oil recovery. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)

FROM WYOFILE:    A wave of carbon dioxide injection well permits will bring either a boon of low-carbon energy, or a diversion from renewable energy efforts.   Backed by the promise of billions in federal dollars, energy companies are lining up to accept an invitation by Wyoming officials to...
SHERIDAN — With Sheridan County and Campbell County being the first two counties in the state to regionalize emergency medical services, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said the future of EMS regionalization in the state could help to secure more efficient and economic emergency services to Wyoming’s...
FROM WYOFILE:    Initial estimates show Wyoming’s suicide rate slipped below Montana’s last year.   Early estimates provide some good news for Wyoming: For the first time since 2017, it likely no longer has the nation’s highest suicide rate.   Death investigations can take time and the rates could...
CHEYENNE — A bill sponsored by Wyoming legislators could give local prosecutors criminal jurisdiction over juvenile crimes committed on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, as well as other cases engaged by non-military personnel.   Wyoming legislators on the Joint Transportation, Highways and Military...

Secretary of State Chuck Gray

FROM WYOFILE:        Amid concerns that a new law inadvertently disenfranchises some voters, a legislative panel delayed a decision to an October meeting.   Gov. Mark Gordon let a crossover-voting ban go into effect without his signature earlier this year because he was worried the bill’s...
CASPER — A panel of judges sided with Wyoming and the state’s largest electric utility in a battle over haze pollution last week finding that the Environmental Protection Agency erred and overstepped its authority when it rejected the emissions plan for a Gillette power plant.    The decision...
CHEYENNE — Just seven months into his second four year term as governor, Mark Gordon sat in his press room with his legs crossed and a stern expression on his face.   He described himself as conservative by nature, a traditional Republican, and a strong believer in free enterprise and capitalism....

Election volunteers help voters check in and register at the Restoration Church polling center in Casper on Nov. 8, 2022. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile)

FROM WYOFILE:    The controversial bill is among a heap of election-related measures before a legislative committee meeting this week in Douglas.   It may not be an election year, but Wyoming lawmakers have voting and campaigning on the brain.    The Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and...
AFTON (WNE) —  The BLM Rock Springs Field Office began revising its 1997 Green River RMP in 2010, and the process has experienced significant delays ever since.    With its Notice of Availability published on Thursday, August 17, the BLM announced that over 1.8 million acres, half of the 3.6...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon, State Library Division Director Patricia Bach and State Librarian Jamie Markus sent a letter to the American Library Association Aug. 14 expressing worry that the organization “has become politicized” and calling on the group to open discussions with Wyoming to address...

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