Wyoming Business

The overall budget for K-12 education in Wyoming is about $1.2 billion this year, compared to approximately $704 million in Montana. Montana has approximately 140,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grades, while Wyoming has 85,000 students. That means Montana spends about $5,000 per student, while Wyoming forks out more than $14,000 per student.

Don Blackmon, faculty associate for freshman engineering and advising at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, said the United States has been short about 400,000 graduate engineering students the last four or five years.

The study predicts that Campbell County’s population will increase by nearly 14,000 people during the next five years. It said that would result in the need for 57 additional physicians in the county.

The Legislature allocated $400,000 for the new program and specified that the Department of Health not use the money for anything except for physician recruitment and to include the sum in the next budget.

"The supercomputer center in Wyoming is a long-term project. It’s going to be a year or more before they’re breaking ground."

He said only about six other companies have such import licenses, which offer holders a competitive advantage in securing a more steady and affordable supply of raw opium, poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw.

"The emphasis will be placed on studying the natural environment in a pristine venue … and to develop educational training programs related to tourism."

"Building on our strong relationship with Alvarion … [we] offer the Jackson Hole area, and similar communities in the near future, advanced and affordable mobile services," said DigitalBridge CEO Kelley Dunne

The council says the UW College of Education would have passed had it required more math courses for prospective elementary teachers. The council also criticizes the state for weak requirements.

Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi both voiced forceful opposition to the measure, arguing it would have been devastating for Wyoming’s economy and for its residents.