Wyoming Senate

There was a slight delay in getting the supplemental budget bill to the governor for consideration after lawmakers discovered a glitch in the bill.

The legislature said yes, Matt Mead said no, and since the Governor has the last word, planning of the proposed new state office building will be delayed.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — State lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have allowed counties to require developers to set aside land for new schools. The bill passed the House but the Senate defeated it in a 15-14 vote on Tuesday. The bill was pushed by lawmakers from the Cheyenne area in the wake of a controversy over the placement of a new elementary school there...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would effectively end cost-of-living raises for state employees has advanced to the Wyoming House. The Senate passed the proposal in a 23-7 vote on Tuesday after a failed effort to keep raises intact for judges and firefighters...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Senate has given preliminary approval to a state legislative redistricting plan. The Senate approved the bill Tuesday, keeping it the same as the version the House approved earlier. The legislative redistricting is necessary to address population shifts in the last census...

The Wyoming House and Senate have passed parallel budget bills spelling out their respective visions of how to fund state government over the next two years. Both bills call for roughly $3.2 billion in spending for the period starting in July.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s senior U.S. senator told his former colleagues in the state Legislature that their approach to government is far more efficient than what goes on in Congress. Sen. Mike Enzi, a Republican who served in both houses of the Wyoming Legislature before he went to Washington in the 1990s, spoke in the state Capitol in Cheyenne on Thursday...

NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — Funeral services are planned Monday in Newcastle for former state Sen. Charles “Chuck” Townsend. He died last week after a lengthy struggle with cancer. He was 68. Townsend, of Osage, represented Senate District No...