Gov. Matt Mead

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead, former Gov. Mike Sullivan and former Sen. Alan Simpson will be among the featured speakers at a business forum in Cheyenne later this week.

All three will be dinner speakers Wednesday at the Wyoming Business Alliance 30th Annual Wyoming Forum

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead stuck close to home by choosing a veteran administrator at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to lead the state agency.

This week, Todd Parfitt replaces John Corra, who is retiring after nine years as DEQ director

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead wants to continue expanding access to high-speed Internet in Wyoming as a means to spurring economic growth.

About 80 percent of all Wyoming homes have access to broadband services through telecommunications, cable or wireless providers

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Republican officials say the three finalists for state treasurer were selected because of their approaches to managing the state's $15 billion investment fund.

Members of Wyoming's Republican Party Central Committee considered the 10 candidates on Monday in Riverton. They pic

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Republicans are set to meet Monday in Riverton to begin the process of selecting a new state treasurer.

The Associated Press reports the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee will vet 10 candidates and narrow the field to three applicants from which Gov

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says it's appropriate to consider raising the state fuels tax to help fix and maintain roads but he's not convinced that a tax increase is needed now.

Mead said during a news conference Tuesday that he worries about the appearance and the reaction to raising taxes now

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Top Wyoming officials say congressional action to block about $700 million in federal Abandoned Mine Land payments to the state over the next 10 years threatens to be devastating to the state budget

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says Wyoming won't meet a pending deadline under the federal health care reform law to specify whether the state intends establish a health insurance exchange

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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The National Parks Conservation Association has recognized Gov. Matt Mead and the state for helping to address wildlife-vehicle collisions on Wyoming's roads and along wildlife corridors

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he's upset with last week's vote in Congress cutting federal Abandoned Mine Land payments to the state.
Both houses of Congress voted last week to limit all states to $15 million a year of AML funding

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