Wyoming ballot news
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Here you'll find a collection of ballot news stories from Wyoming.
Natrona County School Board delays bond issue until 2011
NATRONA COUNTY, Wyoming: The Natrona County School Board announced that it will delay the proposed bond issue until 2011. According to the board, the delay will allow school officials the time to create the visual plans for proposed new buildings and renovations. The visual plans, they said, will help draw the necessary public support in order to pass the proposed bond.[1] In the mean time the board has authorized the investigation of the actual cost, timing and steps involved in the proposed construction projects. According to school officials the estimated total cost is $35 million.[2]
Platte County votes YES on hospital district mill levy
PLATTE COUNTY, Wyoming: Earlier this week Platte County residents voted 68% to 32% in favor of implementing a 3 mill levy.[3] Funds generated from the levy will be used towards continued operation and maintenance of the existing nursing home, Platte County Memorial Nursing Home. County officials estimate that the new levy will generate approximately $400,000 a year. The total mills for the district, since it was approved, will be 6 mills instead of the current 3 mills.[4]
Legislators in six states consider health insurance reform proposal
State legislators and activists in six states are considering a proposal that would allow people in their state to opt out of any federally-mandated health insurance plans that may be enacted by the federal government. According to Christine Herrera of the American Legislative Exchange Council, their state legislator members have endorsed a resolution that opposes a Medicare-modeled federal health plan. "Our state legislatures are looking at what's going on in Washington as trampling state's rights," she said, and as a result, some state legislators are looking for ways to allow their state's residents to opt out of any coming federal mandates.[5]
In Arizona, legislators have already placed the Arizona Health Insurance Reform Amendment (2010) on their 2010 ballot. Similar measures are under consider in Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming.[5]
Arizona legislator Phil Lopes, a Democrat, is opposed to this approach, saying, "The proponents of this are saying the system we have now works and we don't want any kind of reform. This flies in the face of what the public tells us they want." In a state legislative dialogue that has crossed state lines, Wisconsin Republican legislator Leah Vukmir says, "The real goal of national health insurance exchange isn't competition -- it's a federal power grab that flies in the face of the Tenth Amendment."[5]
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