proposed budget

Rep. Ken Pendergraft (R-Sheridan) has been trying to figure out how to find cuts in the state health department’s budget as part of a three-member subcommittee under the Joint Appropriations Committee.

The Wyoming Business Council faced scrutiny from state Freedom Caucus lawmakers who were skeptical of the economic development agency and its budget goals.

The chief justice and her deputies spoke about the need for increased funding to upgrade rapidly aging remote court proceedings technology.

Day one of the Wyoming Legislature’s pre-session hearings on the governor’s proposed budget featured a spat between the secretary of state and an appropriator.

Wyoming’s governor bashed the Biden administration, referenced uncertainty caused by property tax reductions and promised to “honor the conscientiousness of our forebears” in his $11 billion budget proposal.