Wyoming Governor Matt Mead

Jim Walter with Visit Cheyenne says visitors spent $346 million in Laramie County last year, a 4 percent growth over 2016.

7 year-old Maverick Schutte joins Wyoming Governor Matt Mead for the signing a new law requiring hospitals to screen newborns for heart defects.

The lawsuit says state officials withheld money that was used to perform work that was not approved by the owner of the property.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead says the state "cannot wait to act" in dealing with a potential school funding shortfall of $1.5 billion over the next six years.

Governor Matt Mead is urging Wyoming lawmakers to make K-12 funding a priority when they convene in January.

Governor Mead was joined by state education and military leaders Wednesday as he signed a proclamation declaring September as Career Exploration/Military Readiness month.

Governor Mead says adding taxes to things like wind and groceries to make up for the state's revenue shortfall will "put the entire state into an economic death spiral."

Governor Mead says while "there is a possibility" the Legislature will have to make more budget cuts when it convenes in January, he's "most hopeful those cuts will not be made."

To call attention to Wyoming's alarmingly high suicide rate, Governor Matt Mead signed a proclamation Monday declaring September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

By executive order, Governor Matt Mead on Monday named Eugene Gagliano as Wyoming's eighth Poet Laureate.

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead says Thursday night's shooting in Dallas was a "cold-blooded ambush" and is calling on Wyomingites to "support law enforcement more than ever."

Twenty-four people died in motorcycle crashes in Wyoming last year, making 2015 the third highest fatality year in 22 years.