Wyoming Legislative Panel Rejects Tax Proposals – 2018 Budget Session Those proposals included a 1 percent tax on purchases on leisure and hospitality establishments, raising the state sales tax to fund school construction and maintenance and increase property tax assessment rates. There are still tax proposals coming, but...
During the interim LSO, Legislative Service Office, prepared a research document for me which provides a “snapshot” of State Government by comparing what Wyoming General Fund Agency Budgets looked like the last time revenues were at similar levels to those we face currently. The comparison includes: 2001-2002 budget when...
So many new tax proposals have been thrown out as the supreme solution to our funding woes. I believe that the state should not be allowed to cut our home budgets simply because they want to keep spending, especially when we cannot get the transparency to see where all of...
Wyoming has been struggling financially over the past couple of years largely due to the downturn in the state’s mineral extraction industry. With state income dwindling, increased taxation has become a possibility when looking for a solution to the deficit. However, Mark Jennings, local Representative for House District...
The State of Wyoming and its people have long valued Liberty, self-reliance & conservative values. The Republican Party, from the National to State and to County, in their platforms and resolutions has long called for fiscal conservatism. Whereas since 2000, Wyoming has had unprecedented growth in government, making Wyoming...