Lawmakers will not strip $58M in tribal health funds from budget

Lawmakers will not strip $58M in tribal health funds from budget

by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com What was widely interpreted — and decried — as a $58-million budget cut to tribal health services was actually an accounting maneuver, the chairman of Wyoming’s budgeting committee said Tuesday.  “The funding was never ever in jeopardy,” Rep. John Bear assured lawmakers and health care advocates gathered at Central Wyoming College in Riverton for the Select Committee on Tribal Relations meeting.  Bear’s announcem…