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  • Fundamental change needed for Wyoming's revenue sources

    Buck McVeigh, Columnist|Apr 20, 2016

    As Wyoming enters a bust cycle potentially more damaging to our economy than previous ones, the time for fundamental change is upon us. It is illogical for state government to continue today’s spending levels without new revenue sources. The severity of the challenges facing Wyoming is not a mere blip in the revenue stream, as some have suggested. It is staggering, to say the least. To put it into perspective, year-to-date sales and use tax collections are lagging last year by $129.3 million, or 20.3 percent, and severance tax revenue is off b...