One in five Wyoming unemployment insurance seekers don't live in Equality State

Casper Star Tribune: About 20 percent of workers seeking unemployment insurance in Wyoming don’t live in the state, according to March data released by state economists.

Many of them came here as part of an itinerant workforce, ready to make a living in oil and gas fields, coal mines or related services. But when those jobs dried up, they went back home to Oklahoma, Texas or Colorado, and continued to receive their unemployment dollars from Wyoming.

It’s an interesting side note in the story of Wyoming’s boom and bust economy.

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