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…
Wyoming lawmakers discuss proposed $560M state construction budget
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State Construction Department leaders met with members of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee on Friday to present their capital budget requests for the 2027-28 biennium, which begins…
How will lawmakers spend Wyoming’s tax dollars? The budgeting process is underway.
• This week marks the beginning of the Legislature’s work on the state’s next two-year budget. By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com This week marks the beginning of the Wyoming Legislature’s annual budget hearings. During the four-week-long process, the Joint…
Independent Notes: Public service through simple, hard work — lessons from a Christian friend.
Working with people across Wyoming, I’ve come to know some great public servants. The emphasis is on the designation of servant. I’m impressed with those that are servants in every way — simply, quietly serving their neighbors, without a lot…
Teton County officials: Eliminating property taxes would cost county $181 million
By Jasmine Hall Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — At least $181 million in tax revenue from Teton County that goes toward public services and schools could be lost annually if the Wyoming Legislature and voters…