Governor Matt Mead

The Governor’s Brucellosis Coordination Team will meet in Worland, WY on November 12, 2014 at the Worland Community Center to discuss various brucellosis related issues. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and items on the agenda include a State Veterinarian update, a report on the revised Brucellosis affected herd plan for cattle and bison, updates on funded research projects by Univers

Governor Matt Mead's 3rd annual State of Wyoming Broadband Summit to be held on October 21, 2014 in Cheyenne, WY.

Governor Matt Mead activated a Wyoming Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The UH-60 and crew will deploy to Washington State to assist forest fire fighting. The focus will be on medical evacuations. Governor Mead said, “In 2012 fires burned more than half a million acres across Wyoming. Thi...

Governor Matt Mead signed the 2014 Wyoming Equal Pay Day Proclamation on Tuesday. He was joined by the Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues and the Wyoming Women’s Foundation. The proclamation marked continuing efforts to create more opportunities for women and decrease the wage gap...

Governor Matt Mead is asking the Secretary of the Interior to remove grizzly bears from the endangered species list. Secretary Sally Jewell wrote to Governor Mead in late 2013 saying she expected to make a decision in early 2014 and take final action this year...

Wyoming will host the Second Annual Cameco Cowboy Tough Adventure Race. Last year the inaugural event brought teams from across the globe for events to challenge competitors of all abilities. Rev3 Adventure is returning to organize this year’s events, which include an elite expedition race and several other competitions...

Governor Matt Mead asked the Wyoming Attorney General to notify the Environmental Protection Agency that Wyoming will sue the agency for its failure to take action on a state plan for air quality regulation. The EPA did not act on Wyoming’s plan for protecting the public from lead pollution...

Governor Matt Mead joined Microsoft for its announcement that it will expand its data center operations in Wyoming. Microsoft’s first Wyoming data center west of Cheyenne, opened in late 2013. Microsoft will invest $274 million in the new data center, bringing the total investment in the area to nearly $500 million...

In a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Governor Mead identified most forested acres in Wyoming as areas needing expedited insect and disease treatment. These areas include portions of the Bighorn, Black Hills, Bridger-Teton, Medicine Bow, Shoshone, and Uinta National Forests and could potentially lead to increased funding to treat the problem...

Governor Matt Mead is excited to announce that the State of Wyoming is joining Google and the State of Colorado to bring together computer programmers who will develop creative solutions for problems faced by Wyoming and Colorado state agencies. The...

After Governor Mead led a trade mission to Taiwan last year to start to develop new markets for Wyoming industries, the Governor  will now welcome a delegation from Taiwan to Wyoming this week. The delegation will be in Cheyenne on April 17th...

Governor Matt Mead joined Brian Scott this morning in his monthly visit to talk about issues in front of the State of Wyoming. On of those is the reinstatement of Superintendent Cindy Hill and the issues surrounding the recent Supreme Court ruling...