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Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Hours into the start of the 2020 legislative session, the Wyoming House killed a bill Monday that would’ve set the stage for Medicaid expansion. The bill fell at the earliest hurdle in the House, with nearly two thirds of the body voting against it as part of the chamber’s consent list. It’s a swift end for the measure, which would’ve given Gov. Mark Gordon the ability to study expansion and move it forward, albeit under the eye of the Legislature. Jen Simon of the Wyoming Women’s A...
CASPER — As many educators brace for another legislative session rife with discussions of cutting education spending, Gov. Mark Gordon said that there are ways the state’s $1.5 billion school system could be more efficient. “There’s a large conversation that still has some distance to go I think about how many districts we have to have,” he said during an interview last week, adding that he thought there was “room to do a better job of delivering education in the state.” Last month, Gordon released his budget proposal, which included $38...
CASPER — A WalletHub data analysis has ranked Wyoming’s education system the 10th best in the nation for 2019, the group said in a press release Monday morning. The Equality State came in behind a slew of East Coasters who dominated the top five. Nebraska was eighth, and North Dakota ranked ninth. The study — conducted by the rankings-happy website WalletHub — used 29 metrics across two broad areas, safety and quality, to measure the school systems. Wyoming’s scores on the various metrics were mixed. It was best in the nation in some categorie...
