Mead has said he is concerned the federal government can't be trusted to pick up the tab for the expansion, and that it might end up costing Wyoming millions of dollars through 2020.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead has written to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy saying Wyoming won't honor her agency's determination that over 1 million acres around Riverton is legally Indian Country.
Mead says Wyoming will go to court to contest the decision the EPA announced earlier this month that a 1905 federal law that opened part of the Wind River Indian Res
The president of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees says he's pleased with Gov. Matt Mead's budget recommendations for the state's only four-year public university.
Two Democratic lawmakers questioned Gov. Matt Mead about his recommendation that Wyoming not expand Medicaid to offer health insurance to low-income adults.
Hill is seeking correspondence from several employees in the governor's office and the state agency as well as department contracts and other financial agreements.
Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday he plans to call on the Legislature to approve some level of pay raises for state employees when it convenes early next year.