Amy Richards

Both the house and senate worked through numerous amendments on the supplemental budget. There were 29 second reading budget amendments in the senate and 43 in the house.

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Updated 2/7/2013 @ 7:37 a.m.

A judge will hear arguments on March 14 in a lawsuit filed by state Superintendent Cindy Hill that challenges a new law removing her as head of the Wyoming Department of Education

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A bill that would allow the selection of university of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public has passed the legislature.

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A bill that would make changes to Wyoming's education accountability law passed second reading in the house. Representative Matt Teeters (HD-5),chairman of the house Education Committee,says the changes are needed in light of the new structure of the department of education

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The Wyoming Supreme Court, in an opinion released today has declared that term limits for Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor and Superintendent of Public Instruction are unconstitutional

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Governor Matt Mead's Communications Director Renny MacKay released the following statement In response to Thursday's announcement by Suprintendent of Public Inatruction Cindy Hill that she will run for Governor in 2014:

Governor Mead is focused on the job at hand. He

The state House passed a bill on a 41-18 vote that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public.

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The Wyoming senate voted 13 to 17 to kill a bill to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill's sponsor, Laramie senator Chris Rothfuss said he is disappointed the bill failed, but the issue is not going away

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The Wyoming House has shot down a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to create domestic partnerships carrying most of the legal rights of conventional marriage. 

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