Wyoming Stories
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Lawmakers rejected a budget amendment to participate in the federal program this year, and rejected a bill to do the same last year. SUN Bucks provides low-income families with $40 a month per child when school is out in the summer.
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Freedom Caucus appropriators tried to defund the radio station, but a “public outcry” against that and other reductions saw lawmakers reverse course. -
The Legislature’s final budget bill came in about $50 million below the governor’s original proposal. Gov. Gordon calls it a win. -
One is a resolution calling on the federal government to increase the share of royalties Wyoming earns off of mining and drilling on federal lands. The other modernizes laws about subleasing state grazing land. -
The act would set aside funds to support agricultural initiatives in a newly created trust. Representatives expressed concern about redundancy.
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The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.
