Dems protest budget that favors ‘building over people’
Minority Democrats protested budget cuts they say outpace Wyoming’s shrinking mineral revenue, saying Republicans are overreacting to the energy downturn.
Legislature 2016
Easement, coal moratorium tangle Teton preservation
Senators are expected today to debate an existing 130-acre scenic easement on state land in Grand Teton National Park that complicates efforts to preserve sensitive property.
GOP calls budget cut ‘gradual,’ Dems a ‘cliff’
Lawmakers are on track to cut roughly 3 percent, out of the state budget as they conclude the first half of the 2016 budget session, according to estimates by the Republican majority of the Legislature.
Welfare fraud prevention bill moves to Senate floor
A Senate committee moved a bill Wednesday that would require the Wyoming Department of Family Services to scrutinize applicants for assistance, conduct reviews of eligibility, and allow the department to hire a third-party fraud investigator.
Senate leader says data trespass fix doesn’t go far enough
An effort to correct Wyoming’s controversial data trespass laws doesn’t go far enough to reign in the laws’ overreach that spurred a lawsuit against the state, Senate President Phil Nicholas said Tuesday.