Trump Administration

Roughly 28,000 Wyomingites receive SNAP benefits each month, with an average payment of about $185 per person.

Wyoming is faced with a tale as old as time: balancing multiple interests on public land. The state is poised to protect a threatened pronghorn herd, but federal directives for Unleashing American Energy could get in the way.

The Trump administration is pushing for domestic uranium mining to ramp up. Companies are eyeing Wyoming, as it holds the largest known reserves in the country.

A proposal to build one of the largest solar projects in the U.S. has been abruptly halted by the Trump administration — a move critics say undermines the nation’s renewable energy transition.

Thousands of low income Wyomingites rely on a program that helps pay winter heating bills. But as of Oct. 15, it’s run out of money.

Watchdog groups are raising flags over how the federal government is handling two major coal lease sales in our region, one of which was postponed last minute.

The program’s current funding will expire next year, but the state plans to apply to a more selective version of the grant for 2026.

Multiple actions taken at the state and federal levels are hurting the already fragile financial system of these health care providers, including what has been at the heart of the federal government shutdown. However, all in the industry are eyeing a new bucket of federal money that they hope will help hospitals emerge from these dire financial straits.

Over the summer, an executive order from President Trump called for the consolidation of federal wildfire programs "to the maximum degree practicable." The secretaries of Interior and Agriculture recently released their plans responding to that and other demands – and they've garnered praise and criticism.

The Trump administration is tossing money to prolong coal power, but a Wyoming electricity provider says it’s sticking with plans to fully convert a coal plant to natural gas.