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The State of Working Wyoming

Wyoming relies heavily on revenues from taxes on minerals. They’ve paid for many of the state services provided Wyoming residents. This June 2010 report offers a 5-point plan for assuring the ability of the state to provide those services well into the future. … click here to read more.

The Wyoming LAP* Book
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Information on the 2010 session’s key bills, votes, and legislators’ campaign contributions...click here to read more.

2010 State of Working Wyoming

The Equality State Policy Center’s 2010 State of Working Wyoming provides information on family economic self-sufficiency and the state’s significant gender wage gap. It also looks at Wyoming’s dependence on mineral revenues and the link between state spending and jobs for Wyoming’s people. Read more...

Op-Ed: Wyoming’s Finances: Five Points to Improve Stability






Step Up for Kids 2010

Starting the ball rolling

Ty Wilson, Youth of the Year for the Boys<br>and Girls Club, speaks at the 2009 Casper<br>Step Up for Kids Event

Ty Wilson, Youth of the Year for the Boys
and Girls Club, speaks at the 2009 Casper
Step Up for Kids Event

This will be the third year in Wyoming that individuals, groups, and organizations have worked together with the Every Child Matter Education Fund to hold non-partisan events to highlight the status of children in our state and our nation. Our goal has been to demonstrate to policy-makers and the public the broad support for investments in children and families.Last year we staged events in 11 communities.

"This year we’d like to have events in all 23 counties," lead organizer Deanna Frey of the Wyoming Children's Action Alliance said.

There's a website where you can get a look at what happened last year. Go here.



Posted May 26, 2010 5:47 PM


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