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Tribal self-governance at center of dispute over federal health care costs

SCOTUSBlog

In an effort to promote tribal self-governance, Congress allows tribes to contract with the agency to oversee these programs themselves. Congress also provided tribes that contract with the Indian Health Service with a third possible source of funding.

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Water and electric quarrels test the limits of tribal power

SCOTUSBlog

These rights flow from the original treaties that tribes negotiated with Congress as well as modern contracts between tribal members and non-members. Further north, the Crow Reservation spans a large section of southeastern Montana along the border with Wyoming. In Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc.

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States Most Dependent on Gun Industry Also Report High Firearm Mortality 

The Crime Report

Four states—New Hampshire, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arkansas—lead the nation in the greatest number of firearms industry jobs per capita, according to a ranking published by the personal finance service WalletHub. Idaho and Wyoming ranked the highest in WalletHub’s scoring system by more than five points. Photo by Mitch Barrie via Flickr.

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Which State Should I Incorporate My Business In?

Chugh LLP

Other states such as South Dakota, Nevada, and Wyoming have lower incorporation fees, fewer or lower taxes, faster incorporation, and other benefits for companies. State taxes on corporate income Certain US states do not charge a corporate income tax, including Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.

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How Much Money Do Lawyers Really Make?

LegalTalkNetwork

This figure is approximately $138,000 more than the average salary of a lawyer in Wyoming, which is currently the lowest-paying state for lawyers.

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Michigan’s Updated PURPA Implementation Could Create a New Market for Privately-owned Solar Energy Facilities

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Third, the orders set term length requirements for PURPA contracts with utilities for facilities with a design capacity of two megawatts or less. 20 Year PURPA Contract Term Length. 6] These term lengths are similar to other states too, such as Oregon and Wyoming, which also have 20-year terms for PURPA contracts. [7].

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To Arbitrate or Not To Arbitrate? That Is the Question

ALPS

For example, California, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and Wyoming have enforced arbitration provisions for lawyers. 2015) (arbitration provisions in attorney-client employment agreements enforceable like any other contract); Watts v. States Enforcing Arbitration Provisions. Lopez , 467 S.W.3d 3d 494, 504-505 (Tex.