Gov. Matt Mead

The amended version would give the five statewide elected officials raises of $8,000 each.

Earlier this year, the Legislature passed, and Gov. Matt Mead signed, the bill authorizing Safe2Tell Wyoming.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow says she is determined to continue improving education in the state despite the budget challenges posed by declining state revenues.

The threat was an apparent hoax.

A broad coalition of business and labor groups and health care providers, especially hospitals including the Wyoming Medical Center, supported Medicaid expansion.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has vetoed numerous provisions in the state's $3-billion general appropriations bill that attempted to limit future state agency budget requests.

The City of Casper is joining the rest of Wyoming and the nation in honoring the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, according to a news release from the city manager's office.

The Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee's decision last week to reject the governor's proposal to expand Medicaid isn't about the money or trusting the federal government, local hospital officials said this week.

A federal lawsuit is heading to trial after a judge ruled two new trespassing laws to thwart environmental research on open lands pose serious concerns about free speech and other constitutional issues.

Gov. Matt Mead announced Friday that he will not appeal a Wyoming federal judge's order issued in Casper earlier in the day that declared unconstitutional the state's definition of marriage. That effectively removes remaining barriers to same-sex couples receiving marriage licenses, and allows already married same-sex couples from out of state to enjoy the same rights and responsibilities of other