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What’s a special use permit, and how is it different from rezoning?
UPDATE / OCTOBER 7, 2026 October 7 meeting recording The October 7 meeting has taken place. The recording is available below; we are checking the final action and adopted text. Watch the October 7 meeting → This concerned countywide land-use rules. The meeting taking place does not establish a Site Layer 4 permit or project…
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Who pays Wyoming’s taxes, and why
Wyoming families with the lowest incomes pay 11.1% of their income in state and local taxes. The top 1% pay 3.4%. That’s more than three times the share. Wyoming is known as a low-tax state, and for many people it is. But how much tax you pay depends on how big a slice of your…
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How much water is an acre-foot?
An acre-foot is the amount of water it takes to cover one acre, about the size of a football field, one foot deep. That’s 325,851 gallons. Water planners in the West use acre-feet because they measure in bulk: reservoirs, irrigation rights, a city’s yearly supply. The number shows up in the Site Layer 4 records…
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Records diary: DEQ request 26-866
I asked Wyoming DEQ for its records on Site Layer 4. It sent two releases: eight emails on Sept 16 and a portfolio of 54 email PDFs on Sept 30. Then it closed the request. The records show the developer preparing for an air permit, but the biggest question is still open: which state permitting…