Latest Wyoming Headlines
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Wyoming Bill Would Allow Guns in Cars at Work
Feb 16 2011 // The Wyoming House is considering a bill that would prevent employers from prohibiting workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The House voted 36-23 in favor of House Bill 207, sponsored by Rep. Sam...
Wyoming Processing Producer Renewals Online
Feb 9 2011 // The Wyoming Department of Insurance announced it will be processing all renewals for insurance producers online through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). The NIPR website displays the invoice and a list of...
Wyoming Roads Deadliest in U.S. in 2009
Jan 28 2011 // A national survey says Wyoming led the nation with the highest number of traffic deaths per capita in 2009. The study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Wyoming had 24.6 deaths per 100,000...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West
Dec 23 2010 // In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin...
Ratings Recap: State Auto National, Mountain West Farm Bureau
Dec 10 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on State Auto National Insurance Co. (SA National), a subsidiary of State Auto Financial Corp....
Wyoming Aims to Improve Crane Safety
Dec 6 2010 // Wyoming’s Workers’ Safety & Compensation Division has proposed changes to update and revise standards for cranes and derricks, based on several mandatory federal Occupational Safety and Health...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Dec 5 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Wyoming Gov-Elect Selects Phillips for Attorney General
Nov 23 2010 // Governor-elect Matt Mead announced he will appoint Greg Phillips as the state’s attorney general. Phillips has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Cheyenne for the past eight years. Phillips and Mead have been...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Nov 22 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Wyoming Leads Nation with Highest Motor Vehicle Fatality Rate
Nov 19 2010 // Wyoming has the unfortunate record of having the highest rates of motor vehicle fatalities per 100,000 people, with a rate of 24.6, according the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis. According to...
Wyoming Aims to Decrease Workplace Fatalities
Jul 26 2010 // Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, Wyo., she realized safety wasn’t a top priority. “I knew for a fact what we were doing was illegal, unsafe and...
Busy Wildfire Season Predicted for Wyoming
May 7 2010 // National fire officials say northwest Wyoming could see more wildfires this summer after a season of light snowfall. The National Interagency Fire Center said the light winter in the region means drier fuels in the summer...
Wyoming Hiring Workplace Fatality Epidemiologist
Apr 14 2010 // Wyoming, which has the worst fatality workplace in the nation, is hiring a full-time epidemiologist, a position that could replace a state task force that has been studying the issue, officials said. Gov. Dave Freudenthal...
Wyoming Senate Kills Workplace Safety Bill
Mar 5 2010 // A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations died in the Wyoming State Senate. House Bill 93 had come out of a worker safety task force Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed last year to...
House Panel Approves Wyoming Workplace Safety Bill
Feb 26 2010 // A Wyoming bill boosting fines and civil penalties for workplace safety violations will be considered by the full House. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that House Bill 93 passed the House Minerals, Business and Economic...
Wyoming Aimsto Ban Texting While Driving
Feb 21 2010 // The Wyoming Legislature has given its first approval to a bill that would prohibit the use of electronic wireless communication devices for sending text or electronic mail messages while driving. Senate File 20 is...
Wyoming Aims To Ban Texting While Driving
Feb 12 2010 // The Wyoming Legislature has given its first approval to a bill that would prohibit the use of electronic wireless communication devices for sending text or electronic mail messages while driving. Senate File 20 is...
Foremost Insurance Expands Fire Program in New Mexico, Wyoming
Jan 4 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group of Caledonia, Mich., is expanding its Dwelling Fire program in New Mexico and Wyoming, to accept more landlord and rental property customers, and offer lower rates and new, larger discounts....
Wyoming Says Transportation Projects Saved $20 Million
Dec 29 2009 // Low labor and material costs and increased competition for government work drove down prices and allowed more road and bridge construction for less money in Wyoming in 2009, officials say. The Wyoming Department of...
Wyoming Judiciary Committee Rejects Workplace Safety Bill
Dec 6 2009 // Members of Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace accidents. Proponents of the bill, known...
