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.
Requiring VA to offer oxygen therapy could benefit ~2,200 in Wyoming suffering traumatic brain injuries By Brendan LaChance on January 27, 2021
CY Middle School students brave punishing winds for a brief Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11, 2020, in Casper. Several vehicles driven by veterans drove by the student body, who lined up and waved flags in front of the school. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. Roughly 2,200 active military members and veterans in Wyoming could benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy aimed at treating traumatic brain injuries.
Freshaman Wyoming Rep. Marshall Burt (House District 39) said on Wednesday that the treatment doesn’t treat people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) alone, but that evidence suggests it can help with PTSD if the PTSD is associated with a traumatic brain injury.
CASPER The Wyoming Legislature will consider a proposal to increase motor vehicle registration and license fees during their 2021 General Session which would generate about $7.23 million in additional revenue for the state each year.
House Bill 24 would hike Wyoming’s various commercial and noncommercial driver’s license fees, learner’s permit fees and renewal fees by $5.
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Commercial and noncommercial registration fees, including fees for motorcycles, school buses and trailers would also be increased by $5.
The added funding would be deposited into a new “Transportation Information System Account” and could only be used to replace the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Revenue Information System (RIS)
Wyoming license and registration fee hikes would generate extra $7.23 million annually By Brendan LaChance on December 30, 2020
A sample Wyoming driver’s license. (WYDOT)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Legislature will consider a proposal to increase motor vehicle registration and license fees during their 2021 General Session which would generate about $7.23 million in additional revenue for the state each year.
House Bill 24 would hike Wyoming’s various commercial and noncommercial driver’s license fees, learner’s permit fees and renewal fees by $5.
Commercial and noncommercial registration fees, including fees for motorcycles, school buses and trailers would also be increased by $5.
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