Budget

Wyoming’s savings will not be able to offset the state’s cuts in the long-term.

Falling fuel tax revenues have contributed to the budgetary bind.

The governor expects to decide on how to implement the first round of budget reductions over the next few days

The next step in Gordon's plan calls for state agency directors to identify programs for elimination by July 1, likely resulting in state employees losing their jobs.

The Mountain West Conference Board of Directors has decided to institute some cost-saving measures during the upcoming 2020-21 academic year.

The cuts will continue through the end of June, which concludes the current budget year, and into the next two-year budget.

Wyoming will continue to fight for the industries which have historically contributed the greatest revenue and which are best positioned to buoy the state going forward.

The Cheyenne City Council on Monday approved a $56 million budget, moving $10,344 in the budget to the police department to continue its Operation Change program.

The City Council on second reading Tuesday approved an omnibus amendment to the budget, with an item freezing any future full-time general fund vacancies.

Officer Kevin Malatesta says Cheyenne has grown 20 percent in size and 14 percent in population in the last decade, but police staffing has actually decreased.