Wyoming adding new education requirements for local health officers under new law By Brendan LaChance on April 1, 2021
Dr. Mark Dowell, M.D., Dr. Ghazi Ghanem, M.D., both infectious disease experts at WMC, are joined by Anna Kinder with the Natrona County Health Department, and Dr. Ron Ivenson, M.D., during a press conference on coronavirus plans. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. New education requirements for local health officers in Wyoming will go into effect on July 1, 2021 after Governor Mark Gordon signed House Bill 109 into law on Thursday, April 1.
Under the new law, county, municipal and district health officers will be required to have either a doctor of medicine degree, an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician’s assistant.
Wyoming looking to hike fees, divert highway funds to pay for ~$80M vehicle record system By Brendan LaChance on February 25, 2021
(File Photo; Trevor T. Trujillo, Oil City News)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Legislature is working to find a way to pay for a new transportation information record system. The estimated cost of the new system keeps ballooning.
The state’s current Revenue Information System (RIS) provides “services to our citizens related to driver licenses, driving records and vehicle registration” and relies on “antiquated” COBOL technology developed in the 1980s, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
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The system is used by law enforcement agencies across the state as well as county clerks and treasurers offices in all 23 counties. WYDOT says that several federal agencies and third-party vendors also contract to use the system.