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Education recalibration advances by vote of the Senate

    By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Lawmakers in the Senate voted to resume discussions related to a controversial school funding process called recalibration on Friday. The Senate voted unanimously in favor of…

State of the State: Gordon urges lawmakers to restore his $11.1B budget

  By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange   CHEYENNE — Standing before a packed House chamber to kick off the state Legislature’s 2026 budget session, Gov. Mark Gordon presented a vision for Wyoming predicated on “the…

Nuclear waste, state land use top Wyoming Legislature’s energy agenda

  • Recent controversies over sprawling energy development have triggered a slate of bills to empower voters and communities in state-level energy ambitions.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com If there’s a theme among energy-related bills proposed for the Legislature’s upcoming…

Committee recommends bigger classes, fewer teachers

  By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — With just over two weeks until the 2026 budget session, the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration voted Friday to sponsor a 95-page, estimated $1.8…

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 move to defund Wyoming Business Council ahead of budget session

• Despite pleas from Gov. Gordon and others, Joint Appropriations Committee debated whether economic development is the proper role of state government.   By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com The primary budgeting arm of the Legislature voted Tuesday to defund the Wyoming…

Five takeaways from the Wyoming Legislature’s budget hearings

    • The Joint Appropriations Committee wrapped up its first round of hearings Friday.   By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee wrapped up two weeks of budget hearings Friday in Cheyenne and adjourned until Jan….

Lawmakers discuss proposed $3B Health Department budget

    By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee met with officials from the Wyoming Department of Health, the state’s largest agency, on Monday to discuss its proposed more…