Wyoming Business

The city, a hub for the oil and gas fields, lost about 1.6 percent of its population. At the same time, two nearby communities — Mills and Evansville — experienced small increases.

The budget includes the elimination of 17 staff positions and other departmental consolidation meant to save money in light of weak sales tax revenue and a discouraging economic forecast.

A legislative committee’s task of finding new sources of revenue for Wyoming’s state government, which depends heavily on the boom-and-bust energy industry, includes looking at new taxes or increasing existing taxes, a co-chairman of the panel said.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation has expanded free Wi-Fi availability at rest stops, welcome and information centers around the state.

Thirty-seven University of Wyoming employees will lose their jobs next week in the latest in a series of moves by the school to tackle a $41 million budget cut.

Levente Pap knew he wanted to own a business. He thought about it as he walked around a University of Wyoming laboratory. What did people need? And, more specifically, what did chemists and researchers need?

Mead said ENDOW – which stands for Economically Needed Diversity Options for Wyoming – was critical for the state’s economy in the long term. He emphasized finding stable streams of state revenue and creating more opportunities for young adults in Wyoming.

"It’s very much working with the schools, looking at their data and figuring out what are the ways we can improve,"

"Our number one mission is to put these students back into the Wyoming workforce," Trowbridge said. "Governor Matt Mead has spoken extensively about bringing the technology industry to Wyoming, and we’re playing our part."

Wyoming hopes more data-driven organizations are on the way–and in Yellowstone and Cheyenne’s room, there’s space to grow.