Funding

State efforts aimed at preventing overdoses and deaths tied to prescription drugs and opioids are changing but continuing, as federal funding is coming to an end. The WDH Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) first received the Grant to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2016 ...

Falling fuel tax revenues have contributed to the budgetary bind.

Ramaco also received a federal Energy Department grant about a year ago.

A resident asks about the amount of money spent on special projects and study.

On average, how much money is being spent this year to educate one student?

The Laramie Community gathered in the Lincoln Community Center Thursday night to discuss the Pilot Hill Land Purchase.

A footnote in House Bill No. 1, which was delivered to Gov. Matt Mead Wednesday, includes language that would allow a private or public entity to assume WyoTech operations.

The Associated Students of the University of Wyoming passed a bill during their meeting Tuesday night that updates the policies that dictated the suspension of Turning Point USA’s UW chapter, along with a number of other RSO’s.

The Laramie City Council will be discussing how to maintain funding for the community partners program during their work session Tuesday night, in the midst of a tightening city budget.

Summerville said while the city council usually holds a meeting every year regarding economic development, this year is particularly important because of the significant change in the city’s funding.

Mead and the Department of Workforce Services worked with the Wyoming Workforce Development Council, as well as local economic development groups and other organizations, to access the federal funding.

The bill's language specifically prohibits any federal funds from being used to pay for abortions and health benefits that include coverage of abortion.