Wyoming

Issuance was down 27% in the region from the first half of 2017, and almost 30% in California, its largest market.

Registered voters in Laramie County will decide on Tuesday whether they want to pay additional property taxes to renovate local college buildings.

Primary market volume in California and the Far West region rose in the first half even as the national figure was down.

Laramie County may see a special election this fall.

S&P Global Ratings said it has lowered its issuer credit rating (ICR) on the State of Wyoming to AA-plus from AAA, and lowered its associated school district guarantee program rating on Fremont County School District No. 1 to AA-plus from AAA.

While some states celebrated President Trump's reversal of the Clean Power Plan and others filed lawsuits, public utilities are expected to continue moves away from coal.

Wyoming’s governor and other leaders are trying to diversify the energy-dependent state’s economy.

Far West issuers sold $90.7 billion of municipal bonds in 2016, a 8.5% increase over the prior year.

The Wyoming legislature is considering a bill that would essentially ban major types of renewable energy in the coal revenue-dependent state.

Most of the oil states have gone into recession, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report.

With austerity measures already in place and energy revenues showing little sign of rebounding, Wyoming's government is pushing to diversify the state's economy sooner rather than later.

State and local governments and showing a wide variety of impacts from the collapse of the oil market that began two years ago, ratings analysts say.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is asking state agencies to look for more ways to save money, citing a budget shortfall that could be more than $500 million.

Far West issuers sold $83.6 billion of municipal bonds in 2015, a 26.5% increase over the prior year, as refundings continued to drive volume.

The Wyoming Senate rejected a measure that would have expanded Medicaid in the state, a step Gov. Matt Mead had urged support of and that he said would have brought more federal money to Wyoming.

State governors and other public officials who warned that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations could cause significant economic harm to their states and localities are hailing the Supreme Court’s decision to place a stay on the EPA’s plan.

Wyoming's outlook was cut to negative from stable by Standard & Poor's as the highly-rated state struggles with budgetary pressure.

Facing a fiscal year 2016 shortfall of about $159 million, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has proposed slashing expenses and borrowing from the state's rainy day account to offset a sharp fall in energy industry revenues.

The Casper, Wyo. City Council last week approved plans for an $8.5 million redevelopment of the city's downtown.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation says it needs an additional $62 million per year to maintain its roads and bridges, even as a recent report concludes that the state faces a sharp drop in revenue due to a weak oil and gas market.