KGAB 650AM » Legislative Report http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Fri, 24 May 2013 13:05:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Busy Legislative Session [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/a-busy-legislative-session-audio/ http://kgab.com/a-busy-legislative-session-audio/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:54:31 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=246933 The Wyoming legislature dealt with a lot of high profile issues this session including removing Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill as head of the Department of Education, passing a 10 cent increase in the state's gas tax, and passing a supplemental budget that cut saved and spent.

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]]> http://kgab.com/a-busy-legislative-session-audio/feed/ 0 Karen Snyder, K2 Radio Legislative Leaders Address Session [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-address-session-audio/ http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-address-session-audio/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:38:03 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=246720 Several Wyoming legislative leaders decried what they said were rude and threatening tactics by supporters of certain bills in the legislative session that wrapped up this week.

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]]> http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-address-session-audio/feed/ 0 Legislative Leaders talk about session (Amy Richards/TSM) Legislative Session Ends [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/legislative-session-ends-audio/ http://kgab.com/legislative-session-ends-audio/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:28:58 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=246488 The gavel came down on the general session of the Wyoming Legislature Wednesday, but not before lawmakers tied up some loose ends. The Senate agreed with the house on the eminent domain bill.

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]]> http://kgab.com/legislative-session-ends-audio/feed/ 0 Gov. Mead signs human trafficking bill (Amy Richards/TSM) Locks for Love Donation in House [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/locks-for-love-donation-in-house-audio/ http://kgab.com/locks-for-love-donation-in-house-audio/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:08:39 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=246271 The house voted to accept the joint conference committee report on the lottery bill. Representative Michael Greer (HD-27), who voted against concurrence on the bill on Monday, says he supported the conference committee report because the compromise meant the money would go to cities and towns

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]]> http://kgab.com/locks-for-love-donation-in-house-audio/feed/ 0 Rep. Rosie Berger (Amy Richards/TSM) Lawmakers Seek Compromise on Lottery Bill [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/lawmakers-seeking-compromise-on-lottery-bill-audio/ http://kgab.com/lawmakers-seeking-compromise-on-lottery-bill-audio/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:41:17 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=246070 Updated: (2/25 @5:31 p.m,)

A joint conference committee worked out a deal on the lottery bill.  The compromise calls for cities and towns to receive $6 million of the proceeds each year for 6 years, with the overage going into the common school land trust fund. The compromise must now go to the House and Senate to see if they agree with the deal. 

A bill that would allow a state lottery in Wyoming has been sent to a conference committee after the state House voted 34-25 not to agree with an amendment the Senate made last week in how the proceeds of the lottery would be used.

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]]> http://kgab.com/lawmakers-seeking-compromise-on-lottery-bill-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Senate (Amy Richards/TSM) Lottery Bill Passes Senate Amended, Goes Back to the House [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-senate-amended-goes-back-to-the-house-audio/ http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-senate-amended-goes-back-to-the-house-audio/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:22:58 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=245601 House speaker Tom Lubnau, and Senate President Tony Ross, both said Friday they won't push to override the governor's line-item vetoes.

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]]> http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-senate-amended-goes-back-to-the-house-audio/feed/ 0 Scott Olson, Getty Images Gov Mead Vetoes Part of Budget, Lottery Bill Passes Another Vote [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/gov-mead-vetoes-part-of-budget-lottery-bill-passes-another-vote-audio/ http://kgab.com/gov-mead-vetoes-part-of-budget-lottery-bill-passes-another-vote-audio/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:14:15 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=245364 Governor Matt Mead vetoed some sections of the supplemental budget bill Thursday.

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]]> http://kgab.com/gov-mead-vetoes-part-of-budget-lottery-bill-passes-another-vote-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Governor Matt Mead Senate Committee Endorses Amended Gun Bills [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/senate-committee-endorses-amended-gun-bills-audio/ http://kgab.com/senate-committee-endorses-amended-gun-bills-audio/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:26:10 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=245009 The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday endorsed an amendment to a bill that already has passed the house.

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]]> http://kgab.com/senate-committee-endorses-amended-gun-bills-audio/feed/ 0 Getty Images Lawmakers Fix Budget Mistake and Bill Moves On To Governor [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/lawmakers-fix-budget-mistake-and-bill-moves-on-to-governor-audio/ http://kgab.com/lawmakers-fix-budget-mistake-and-bill-moves-on-to-governor-audio/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:30:27 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=244756 There was a slight delay in getting the supplemental budget bill to the governor for consideration after lawmakers discovered a glitch in the bill. Senator Eli Bebout, co-chairman of the Joint Appropriations Committee says it was language error in the area of the budget that dealt with teacher salary increases

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]]> http://kgab.com/lawmakers-fix-budget-mistake-and-bill-moves-on-to-governor-audio/feed/ 0 Karen Snyder (TSM) Big Week Ahead for the Wyoming Legislature [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/big-week-ahead-for-the-wyoming-legislature-audio/ http://kgab.com/big-week-ahead-for-the-wyoming-legislature-audio/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:28:24 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=244518 The Wyoming legislature will consider some contentious issues this week. The lottery bill will be considered by the full Senate this week and many predict any vote on that bill will be close.

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]]> http://kgab.com/big-week-ahead-for-the-wyoming-legislature-audio/feed/ 0 Thomas Cooper, Getty Images Budget Approved, Governor Signs Gas Tax Bill [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/budget-approved-governor-signs-gas-tax-bill-audio/ http://kgab.com/budget-approved-governor-signs-gas-tax-bill-audio/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:17:03 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=244216 Both houses of the Wyoming legislature have voted to approve the supplemental budget bill.

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]]> http://kgab.com/budget-approved-governor-signs-gas-tax-bill-audio/feed/ 0 Gov Mead signs gas tax bill (Amy Richards/TSM) Gas Tax Bill Passes Legislature [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/gas-tax-bill-passes-legislature-audio/ http://kgab.com/gas-tax-bill-passes-legislature-audio/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:20:14 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=243959 A bill to raise state fuel taxes by a dime a gallon passed the state Senate Thursday by a vote of 18-12.

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]]> http://kgab.com/gas-tax-bill-passes-legislature-audio/feed/ 0 (Kevork Djansezian/Getty) House Passes Bill to Allow Hunters to Use Silencers [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/house-passes-bill-to-allow-hunters-to-use-silencers-audio/ http://kgab.com/house-passes-bill-to-allow-hunters-to-use-silencers-audio/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:35:49 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=243607 The Wyoming House has passed a bill that will allow silencers on guns used for hunting in the state.

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]]> http://kgab.com/house-passes-bill-to-allow-hunters-to-use-silencers-audio/feed/ 0 Karen Snyder (TSM) Legislative Leaders Speak About Session [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-speak-about-session-audio/ http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-speak-about-session-audio/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:53:14 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=243282 The Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee voted 3-2 Tuesday in support of the lottery bill, which goes to the full Senate for debate.
All the surrounding states have it  and the town I'm from Sheridan it's the thing I hear most about

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]]> http://kgab.com/legislative-leaders-speak-about-session-audio/feed/ 0 Amy Richards/TSM Several Bills Die In Senate Committee's [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/several-bills-die-in-senate-committees-audio/ http://kgab.com/several-bills-die-in-senate-committees-audio/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:09:32 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=242542 After about an hour and 45 minutes of testimony, a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns in Wyoming K-12 schools and on college campuses died in the Senate Education committee. No one on the Senate Education Committee made a motion Friday to recommend House Bill 105 and so the bill does not advance further.

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]]> http://kgab.com/several-bills-die-in-senate-committees-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Capitol (Amy Richards/TSM) Senate Begins Looking at Gun Bills [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/senate-begins-looking-at-gun-bills-audio/ http://kgab.com/senate-begins-looking-at-gun-bills-audio/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:33:10 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=242256 The Senate Judiciary Committee has endorsed a bill that would ban deadly weapons in Wyoming courtrooms. It's just one of the gun bills that the Senate will consider.

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]]> http://kgab.com/senate-begins-looking-at-gun-bills-audio/feed/ 0 House and Senate Debate Amendments to Supplemental Budget [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/house-and-senate-debate-amendments-to-supplemental-budget-audio/ http://kgab.com/house-and-senate-debate-amendments-to-supplemental-budget-audio/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:35:21 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=241932 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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]]> http://kgab.com/house-and-senate-debate-amendments-to-supplemental-budget-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Senate (Amy Richards/TSM) UW President's Search Bill Passes Legislature [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/uw-presidents-search-bill-passes-legislature-audio/ http://kgab.com/uw-presidents-search-bill-passes-legislature-audio/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:29:18 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=241547 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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]]> http://kgab.com/uw-presidents-search-bill-passes-legislature-audio/feed/ 0 University of Wyoming (Adam Porter/TSM) Lottery Bill Passes House, Lawmakers Discuss Supplemental Budget [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-house-lawmakers-discuss-supplemental-budget-audio/ http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-house-lawmakers-discuss-supplemental-budget-audio/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:54:01 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=241312 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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]]> http://kgab.com/lottery-bill-passes-house-lawmakers-discuss-supplemental-budget-audio/feed/ 0 Lawmakers Discuss Medicaid, Lottery, and the Supplemental Budget [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/lawmakers-discuss-medicaid-lottery-and-the-supplemental-budget-audio/ http://kgab.com/lawmakers-discuss-medicaid-lottery-and-the-supplemental-budget-audio/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:24:39 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=240772 Despite the defeat of a proposal to add about 17,600 low-income adults to the state's medicaid program, supporters say they were encouraged by the debate.

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