With a federal government shutdown upon us and even more importantly, ballooning national debt jeopardizing the solvency of Social Security and Medicare in less than 10 years and other basic government functions, states must start preparing for changes in federal support.This is especially true in a state like Wyoming, where over 49 percent of the state budget is derived from federal tax dollars. For context, the national average is about 30 percent, and regionally, it’s higher than in oth...
