ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHEYENNE,
Wyo. – Wyoming’s governor is reiterating his support for a statewide lodging
tax to boost state revenue.
A lodging
tax is the only new tax he would support, Gov. Mark Gordon said Jan. 24. It
would make Wyoming’s tourism promotion efforts more self-sufficient,
Gordon told reporters at the Wyoming Press Association’s winter
convention in Casper.
A 5-percent
statewide lodging tax passed the Wyoming House but failed in the
Senate in 2019, the “Wyoming Tribune Eagle” reports. The tax would
have generated about $20 million a year.
A four-week
legislative session devoted primarily to the state budget begins Feb. 10.
