Treasurer Warns House Against Being 'Dollar Foolish' as Senate Restores Governor's Budget

Treasurer warns House against being 'dollar foolish' as Senate restores governor's budget

CASPER, Wyo. — A tale of two chambers is unfolding at the Wyoming Capitol as lawmakers struggle to agree on the state’s financial architecture for the next biennium. On one side, the Senate has embraced a return to the governor’s structural balance approach, restoring $253 million for state agencies and employees; on the other, the House has maintained a line-item offensive, voting down a nearly identical restoration effort and signaling a funda…

House trails behind Senate as first round of budget deliberations slogs into second day

CHEYENNE—Senate lawmakers had long concluded their business for the day on Tuesday evening when their House colleagues took a break to eat dinner.  Even then, the representatives still had many hours of work ahead to get through second reading of the budget bill on time. Until this point, changes to the budget were made in committee by a small group of lawmakers. Second reading is when all lawmakers in both chambers have their first opportunity …

Rep. Connolly Recaps First Weeks of Legislative Session

State Representative Marilyn Connolly (R-HD40) talked with Sheridan Media, recapping the first couple of weeks of this year’s legislative session.Connolly said there has been plenty of work done outside the budget in the House, as was expected.She said there are 122 amendments to the budget bill in the House that they are working through this week.The original plan was to approve Governor Mark Gordon’s budget, but that failed in the House, resul…