08.02.2012 - Mineral trust boosted budget, ex-Wyoming governor says
A long-term trust fund fueled by mineral taxes like that proposed for West Virginia has allowed Wyoming to weather the boom-bust cycle of extractive industries, a former Wyoming governor said Tuesday. "It has provided a renewable resource from a nonrenewable resource," said Michael J. Sullivan, who served as Wyoming governor from 1987 to 1995. "It has served us well." Sullivan discussed Wyoming's Permanent Mineral Trust Fund during a visit to Charleston to speak at the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy's annual meeting and discuss the fund with local lawmakers...............................................Full Article: Source
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