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Wyoming lawmakers clash over where to stash $250M in surplus revenue

  • Members of the Joint Appropriations Committee split Wednesday over whether to put the quarter of a billion dollars into temporary or permanent savings accounts.   By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com Amid ongoing budget fights over spending, Wyoming lawmakers clashed…

Lawmakers seek to eliminate account, boost transparency

  By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming lawmakers will try again to eliminate the state’s Strategic Investments and Projects Account in a continued effort to make the state’s budget process more transparent for…

New bill could allocate severance tax dollars to roads, colleges

By Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Two “chronically underfunded” pieces of Wyoming infrastructure could receive a significant financial boost from a bill passed out of the Wyoming Legislature’s Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs committee…