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NEW - Liberty Talk Podcast

Don't miss the first episode of our brand new podcast "Liberty Talk." In this first episode staff members Evan Blauser and Philip Baron take a hard look at Wyoming Medicaid funding in special education. 

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WYOMING’S SPENDING CULTURE STEMS FROM TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC RECORD PROBLEM

Natrona County School District faced scrutiny after the non-profit group OpenTheBooks published records of nearly $10 million in credit card purchases – highlighting voids in financial transparency breeding excessive spending culture throughout Wyoming. More than a year's worth of credit card records for Natrona County published demonstrated a shoc...

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Cassie Craven visits KFBC to talk School Choice

Many people have misconceptions about school choice. The caller on this radio interview says Wyoming has school choice because we already have private religious schools. But how can a child with little family support afford to go to that school? Education choice supports different types of schools from technical education to online learning and tut...

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Robert Nelson Testifies to House Education Committee


Ever wonder what it's like to testify in front of a committee? Watch as our very own Robert Nelson testified to the Wyoming House Education committee last January. 

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Wyoming K-12 Education Legislative Developments

Bob Nelson chats with Doug Randall on KGAB 650 AM about 2017 school legislation.

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Wyoming Education Spends a Lot of Bucks With Little Bang


Robert Nelson explains how Wyoming spends more on education than its neighbors but shows no improvement in student test scores.  

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Not proficient in reading and math? No job for you!


We read frequently about employers who desperately want to hire and put people to work. And we often read about how young people are desperate to find jobs "with a living wage." So why aren't they teaming up and living happily ever after? Where's the disconnect? It's in basic skills. Employers routinely report that people they interview don't have ...

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Education Consultant Faults Wyoming


Wyoming has been paying a ton of money for K-12 education since 2005. The reason for the heavy spending? It was a major Wyoming Supreme Court/Legislative overhaul of the way our schools were being funded to equalize spending among students. Now we find that the consultants, on whose advice the spending was largely based, criticize the system for we...

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Wyoming Must Reduce Education Spending

State revenues are declining dramatically and are expected to continue to decline. That means big ticket items, even crucial ones like K-12 education, must feel the pinch. No one wants the quality of education in Wyoming to drop, but the spending on it must decrease. Why? The Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG) projected in January that total...

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Cost of K-12 Education in Wyoming


WyLiberty's financial analyst Bob Nelson talks about the annual cost of K-12 education in Wyoming.  

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