House of Representatives

Members of the House and Senate are walking away from a contentious budget session with accomplishments in one hand, interim goals in the other.

The Legislature’s final budget bill came in about $50 million below the governor’s original proposal. Gov. Gordon calls it a win.

The Joint Conference Committee met for less than two hours Friday and flew through negotiating a unified budget. It heads back to the House and Senate for a final vote.

Both Chambers have finished amending their versions of the state’s budget for the next two years. Now, a joint committee will work to negotiate a unified bill before sending it to the governor.

The Wyoming House and Senate are arriving at markedly different versions of the budget bill. The Senate finished second reading with a bill that largely restores the governor’s original funding proposal, while the House is still debating its first round of amendments as of publication time.

Tune in Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. for Wyoming's U.S. Senate and House debates on Wyoming Public Radio.

Supporters say the bills are about stopping alleged assaults on children's health and education — but the claims made by these supporters are at odds with the best available research in the fields they seek to legislate.

A bill seeking to expand Medicaid in Wyoming has died again, repeating what has become an annual event in recent years.

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to improve the nation’s supply chains by recruiting more drivers to the trucking industry.

Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse (D), a chief sponsor of the bill, says the package confronts the effects of climate change in the West.