In 1998, Wyoming lawmakers across the political spectrum, including conservative Republicans, voted to create the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) in the wake of a sluggish state economy and declining population. Now, a new group of conservatives want to defund and disband the state economic development agency. “I guess my question is, help me understand what the Wyoming Business Council has done over the years. That's my first question to the Legislature.”Disbanding the WBC would make Wyoming the only state in the country without an economic development agency. “Take the Wyoming Business Council.