Wyoming Legislature

The study found that Wyoming sales tax rates are about 2.6 percent lower than the average for other states which don't have a state income tax.

Balow echoed comments made by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon earlier this year in telling Woods that the current school funding system is ''not sustainable."

The measure will now go to Governor Mark Gordon who can choose to sign the bill, veto it, or allow it to become law without his signature.

The bill has already passed the Wyoming House, although the House at first voted against the measure on the third reading. It passed on a reconsideration vote.

It is believed that about 24,000 to 25,000 people in Wyoming who don't currently have health insurance would be eligible under the expansion.

The bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Anthony Bouchard [R-Laramie County], called the final version of the bill as amended "a joke" and ended up voting against it.

A bill that would allow holders of a concealed-carry permit to carry guns into most areas designated as gun-free zones will face a third and decisive reading in the Wyoming Senate.

The bill now moves on to the full Wyoming Senate.