Driskill: property tax will be a focus during budget session

All eyes are on the question of increasing property taxes – with the 2024 Budget Session coming up, especially those of Wyoming's legislators.

The ideas are already flowing, says Senate President Ogden Driskill, who hopes a solution can be found that assists this state's citizens while maintaining the proper function of its governments.

Finding that solution will be no simple task.

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The most obvious hurdle to reforming property tax is simple cause and effect: cutting taxes reduces the revenue received from them. A common misconception, says Driskill, is that state government wo...