Daily news roundup, Jan. 11, 2008
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Jan 11, 2008 Posted by Bill Luckett
Nearly 500 decision-makers, stakeholders and other interested people gathered in Casper yesterday for Gov. Freudenthal’s “Building the Wyoming We Want” conference, intended to examine the challenges and opportunities Wyoming faces in this current era of relatively fast growth. The conference concluded this morning at Casper College. The Casper Star-Tribune offered these reports:
Development conference addresses resource issues
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle has this take:
Governor to create structure for furthering conversation about growth
I did not see this coming: Mike Enzi is claiming credit for part of Hillary Clinton’s health care plan:
Yet he is not yet ready to outright endorse her for president:
Senators wait on presidential picks
The Tribune-Eagle tells us some senators are trying to restore millions of dollars for our state by working to reverse the recent change in distribution of federal mineral royalties:
Enzi says coalition being formed on royalty change
The Jackson paper reports that State Rep. Keith Gingery, R-Jackson, hopes to give homeowners a tax break:
Gingery again files property tax exemption bill
The Casper Star-Tribune also has these two stories on the substance abuse conference there:
Speaker addresses prescription drug addiction
Conference looks at medical aspects of meth
This is too fun not to share: Check out the Powell Tribune’s photo of the bird invasion:
Starlings run amok at Powell cemetery
Imagine how much fun we could have had if the Torrington Telegram had a similar picture to go with this story:
Police seek input on cat ordinance
Have a great weekend!