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.

While these are not the biggest budgets out there, two Colorado cities did land in the top 50.

Figuring Wyo might be watching and worrying, we asked, “Do our hunters and fishers see public land being lost here?” Some 60 percent might rather see a more comfortable margin, but basically ...

Governor Matt Mead is urging Wyoming lawmakers to make K-12 funding a priority when they convene in January.

Nichols was not certain how many jobs would be lost as a result of the proposal, but said the picture would become more clear once units finalize their plans to implement the cuts.

The declaration stops short of financial exigency itself, under which tenured faculty members could see their positions eliminated.

The Cheyenne City Council on Monday approved a $49 million budget for Fiscal Year 2017.