School Boards

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Three weeks from Election Day, school governance is on the ballot across Wyoming. Albany County voters will reshape most of their school board, the property-tax fight has pulled in the community colleges, and the race for superintendent of public instruction is now a two-way contest — with both candidates opposed to school vouchers. Here is what matters this morning, in about five minutes. Six of nine Albany County school board seats are on

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Morning, Wyoming. Election Day is 23 days out, and the biggest fight on the ballot isn't for an office — it's over the property-tax dollars that fund schools, colleges and counties. 1. The ballot: Proposition 1 turns property taxes into education's election fight. The People's Initiative to Limit Property Tax — Proposition 1 — would exempt 50% of a primary residence's assessed value from property taxation, and it is now the centerpiece of t

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Wyoming's school-funding argument has entered a new phase. In a divided September 17 decision, the Wyoming Supreme Court said the state's method for funding teacher pay had fallen short of its constitutional duty — while also narrowing a lower court order that would have required additional spending in several other areas. Case: State of Wyoming v. Wyoming Education Association, 2026 WY 99. The decision is both a victory and a constraint fo