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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is being recognized again as one of the best places in the United States to do business. The state is ranked third in Pollina's 2012 edition of its Corporate Real Estate's Top 10 Pro-Business States report...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting older doesn't just mean a risk for physical ailments like heart disease and bum knees: A new report finds as many as 1 in 5 seniors has a mental health or substance abuse problem. The Institute of Medicine says millions of aging baby boomers may have a hard time finding care for mental health problems such as depression...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Higher fuel prices may be applying brakes to the economy in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Plains states. A monthly survey index of rural bankers dropped to 57.1 in April from 59.8 in March. Organizers of the Rural Mainstreet Index survey say any score above 50 suggests the economy will grow...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest auto club says tolls are increasingly being diverted to pay for transportation projects and other expenses unrelated to roadways, bridges and tunnels used by the motorists who pay the fees. Chris Plaushin, director of federal relations for AAA, told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday that diversion of tolls for unrelated projects undermines the "user p

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says there is no reliable research on whether the death penalty has any effect on the murder rate, more than 35 years since the Supreme Court allowed the resumption of executions in the United States. The National Research Council report says all the studies on the possible deterrent effect of the death penalty suffer from fundamental flaws...

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality says preliminary results from an air monitoring station in an area several miles east of Pavillion did not reveal pollution levels exceeding federal standards. The state agency installed a mobile monitoring station that began collecting data Jan...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are higher Wednesday following government reports that U.S. supplies didn't grow as much as expected last week. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 25 cents to $98.65 per barrel. Brent crude rose 41 cents to $116.64 per barrel in London...

WASHINGTON (AP) — America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue. Hospitals and doctors' offices increasingly are going digital, the Bipartisan Policy Center says in a report released Friday...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new report says Wyoming has the best tax policies in the nation for spurring job growth. The Tax Foundation research group in Washington, D.C., released its annual rankings Wednesday. The group placed Wyoming on top of its overall business tax climate index...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming says his research points to lack of a "culture of safety" in Wyoming. Dr. Timothy Ryan says in a report to Gov. Matt Mead that more than 85 percent of reports on deadly workplace accidents in Wyoming show safety procedures not being followed...