K2 Radio » Gov. Matt Mead http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Fri, 17 May 2013 23:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Governor Mead Proclaims EMS Week in Wyoming http://k2radio.com/govrnor-mead-proclaims-ems-week-in-wyoming/ http://k2radio.com/govrnor-mead-proclaims-ems-week-in-wyoming/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:21 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=261871 Governor Matt Mead proclaimed May 19th-25th  Emergency Medical Services Week in Wyoming. The governor says Wyoming residents can take comfort in knowing that well trained, caring men and women are only a phone call away. He says emergency medical technicians (emts), p

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]]> http://k2radio.com/govrnor-mead-proclaims-ems-week-in-wyoming/feed/ 0 (Amy RichardsTSM) Gov. Mead Unveils His Energy Strategy http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-unveils-his-energy-strategy/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-unveils-his-energy-strategy/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 21:21:47 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=261850 (Amy Richards/TSM)Gov. Matt Mead has unveiled a state energy policy "Leading the Change:Wyoming's Action Plan for Energy, Environment and Economy:"  Governor Mead said in the absence of a federal energy plan, Wyoming needed to develop its own plan. The policy advocates maintaining Wy

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-unveils-his-energy-strategy/feed/ 0 (Mario Tama/Getty) Gov. Mead To Unveil Wyoming Energy Policy Today http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-unveil-wyoming-energy-policy-today-2/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-unveil-wyoming-energy-policy-today-2/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:56:00 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=283467 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is releasing an official state energy policy for Wyoming.

The document to be unveiled Monday has been in the works for two years. State officials say the policy will focus on four areas: Economic competitiveness, efficient regulation, natural resource conservation and developing new technologies

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-unveil-wyoming-energy-policy-today-2/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead/Townsquare Media Wyoming Nearing Important Mining Milestone http://k2radio.com/wyoming-nearing-important-mining-milestone/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-nearing-important-mining-milestone/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:56:30 +0000 Anthony Pollreisz http://k2radio.com/?p=280388 The state of Wyoming will celebrate an important industrial milestone later this month.

Data from the Wyoming State Geological Survey indicates that Wyoming will mine its 10 billionth ton of coal during the month of May.

Marion Loomis, the executive director of the Wyoming Min

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-nearing-important-mining-milestone/feed/ 0 Michael Smith, Getty Images Mead Trip Spurs Saudi Interest In UW Research http://k2radio.com/mead-trip-spurs-saudi-interest-in-uw-research/ http://k2radio.com/mead-trip-spurs-saudi-interest-in-uw-research/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:47:21 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=275490 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead tells The Associated Press that his trip to Saudi Arabia last week has succeeded in drawing interest to energy research going on at the University of Wyoming

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]]> http://k2radio.com/mead-trip-spurs-saudi-interest-in-uw-research/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead Applauds Fracking Decision http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-applauds-fracking-decision/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-applauds-fracking-decision/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:15:41 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=250673 Governor Matt Mead said he is pleased with District Judge Catherine Wilking's order affirming Wyoming's policy regarding the disclosure of hydraulic fracturing components. Environmental groups had requested the ingredient lists from the Wyoming Oil and Gas conservation commission, arguing that the public needs to know what chemicals companies are putting underground

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-applauds-fracking-decision/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of Governor Matt Mead's Office) Gov. To Help Mark Annual Veterans Welcome Home Day http://k2radio.com/gov-to-help-mark-annual-veterans-welcome-home-day-2/ http://k2radio.com/gov-to-help-mark-annual-veterans-welcome-home-day-2/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:34:12 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=269383 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day will be held on April 1 with ceremonies in Sheridan, Riverton, Afton and Rock Springs.

Gov. Matt Mead will be among those attending and speaking

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-to-help-mark-annual-veterans-welcome-home-day-2/feed/ 0 Gov. Matt Mead (Amy Richards/TSM) Gov: WYDOT Can Help Plow Yellowstone If Communities Pay For It http://k2radio.com/gov-wydot-can-help-plow-yellowstone-if-communities-pay-for-it/ http://k2radio.com/gov-wydot-can-help-plow-yellowstone-if-communities-pay-for-it/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:28:27 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=248601 Governor Matt Mead has decided that Wyoming Department of Transportation equipment and labor will be made available if the Cody and Jackson communities raise money to pay the state to get the roads to the east and south gates of Yellowstone National Park open on time

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-wydot-can-help-plow-yellowstone-if-communities-pay-for-it/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of WYDOT) Mead: Supports Gas Play in Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, If Done Right http://k2radio.com/mead-supports-gas-play-in-carbon-and-sweetwater-counties-if-done-right/ http://k2radio.com/mead-supports-gas-play-in-carbon-and-sweetwater-counties-if-done-right/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:29:02 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=248063 Governor Matt Mead says he supports a significant natural gas development in Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, which would create thousands of jobs in Wyoming.  The project is called the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project (CD-C Project)

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]]> http://k2radio.com/mead-supports-gas-play-in-carbon-and-sweetwater-counties-if-done-right/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of Getty Images) Gov. Mead: Reviewing Options To Help Plow Roads in Yellowstone http://k2radio.com/gov-matt-mead-reviewing-options-helping-to-plow-roads-in-yellowstone/ http://k2radio.com/gov-matt-mead-reviewing-options-helping-to-plow-roads-in-yellowstone/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:36:49 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=247809 Governor Matt Mead said Thursday that state and local officials are still reviewing options on whether and how to help plow roads into Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service announced earlier this week that snow plowing would be delayed in an effort to save money to meet across-the-board federal budget cuts required by Congress under the sequestration plan that took effect March 1

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-matt-mead-reviewing-options-helping-to-plow-roads-in-yellowstone/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of the National Park Service) Gov. Mead Grants 1st Prison Sentence Commutation http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-grants-1st-prison-sentence-commutation/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-grants-1st-prison-sentence-commutation/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:43:50 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=259531 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead has granted his first commutation of a prison sentence since he took office two years ago.

Mead had denied every previous commutation recommended by the Wyoming Board of Parole — a total of 17 cases since 2011

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-grants-1st-prison-sentence-commutation/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Gov. Mead Wants To Meet With Lawmakers Over Budget Issues http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-to-meet-with-lawmakers-over-budget-issues/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-to-meet-with-lawmakers-over-budget-issues/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:54:27 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=257979 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he hopes to meet with Wyoming lawmakers over the next year to try to resolve a fundamental disagreement over whether the state should be putting its extra cash into permanent savings or into the state's rainy day fund.

]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-to-meet-with-lawmakers-over-budget-issues/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Gov. Mead Plans Press Briefing As Budget Advances http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-plans-press-briefing-as-budget-advances/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-plans-press-briefing-as-budget-advances/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:23:45 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=257632 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead plans to meet with reporters today in Cheyenne as the state Legislature enters the second half of its ongoing general session.

Lawmakers are working the budget bill this week and Mead is likely to face questions about the Joint Appropriations Committee's recommendation that they ignore many of his fiscal policy recommendations

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-plans-press-briefing-as-budget-advances/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead Wants Gateway Studied On Its Own http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-gateway-studied-on-its-own/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-gateway-studied-on-its-own/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:20:01 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=254138 GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's governor wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal on its own.

The terminal is the largest of five proposed terminals in Washington and Oregon that would ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to power plants in Asia

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-wants-gateway-studied-on-its-own/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead To Deliver State Of The State Address http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-deliver-state-of-the-state-address/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-deliver-state-of-the-state-address/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:50:36 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=249751 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is set to deliver his annual State of the State address to lawmakers in Cheyenne on Wednesday morning.

Mead is presiding over Wyoming at a time of transition

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-to-deliver-state-of-the-state-address/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead Asks For Moment Of Silence For Conn. Victims http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-asks-for-moment-of-silence-for-conn-victims/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-asks-for-moment-of-silence-for-conn-victims/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:09:40 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=246362 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is calling on Wyoming citizens to observe a moment of silence and remembrance to honor the victims of last weeks' shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-asks-for-moment-of-silence-for-conn-victims/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Gov. Mead Presents His Budget To Lawmakers http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-presents-his-budget-to-lawmakers/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-presents-his-budget-to-lawmakers/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:46:56 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=243849 Spending cuts and an increase in the gas tax will be on the table in the legislature next month

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-presents-his-budget-to-lawmakers/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Governor's Budge Plan Cuts $11.4M From UW http://k2radio.com/governors-budge-plan-cuts-11-4m-from-uw/ http://k2radio.com/governors-budge-plan-cuts-11-4m-from-uw/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:06:21 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=242160 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming would see its state funding cut by about $11.4 million under Gov. Matt Mead's budget recommendations.

However, Mead's proposal would provide money for merit pay raises for UW employees and for one of the largest building projects ever undertaken at the university

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]]> http://k2radio.com/governors-budge-plan-cuts-11-4m-from-uw/feed/ 0 University of Wyoming Gov. Mead Prepares To Release His Budget http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-prepares-to-release-his-budget/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-prepares-to-release-his-budget/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:31:36 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=241230 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead plans to announce whether he will recommend that Wyoming accept a federal offer to expand the rolls of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Mead has called a press conference for Friday morning in Cheyenne to announce his supplemental budget recommendations

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-prepares-to-release-his-budget/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Gov. Mead Moving Forward With Energy Policy http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-moving-forward-with-energy-policy/ http://k2radio.com/gov-mead-moving-forward-with-energy-policy/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:47:02 +0000 Bruce Dougherty http://k2radio.com/?p=238805 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is pushing forward with development of an energy policy for the state.

Mead's staff has been meeting with Wyoming energy producers as well as conservation groups and others since early summer

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