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Wyoming Revenue is $178 Million More Than Expected LARAMIE, WYO. (wpr) - The state of Wyoming is once again flush with cash, thanks partly to stubbornly high natural gas prices.

Jim Robinson of the state Economic Analysis Division says Wyoming has $178 million more than it expected at the end of this fiscal year and that number will likely grow as the final taxes are tallied. He says prices at the Opal hub where Wyoming companies sell their gas have continued to be sky-high well into the summer.

Robinson says the current state revenue is 107 percent of the total that his office expected at this point in the year. © Copyright 2012, wpr