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Budget Approved, Governor Signs Gas Tax Bill [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 15, 2013

Both houses of the Wyoming legislature have voted to approve the supplemental budget bill.

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Gas Tax Bill Passes Legislature [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 14, 2013

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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House Passes Bill to Allow Hunters to Use Silencers [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 13, 2013

The Wyoming House has passed a bill that will allow silencers on guns used for hunting in the state.

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Category: Legislative Report Tags: budget compromise, gas tax bill advances, silencer bill passes

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Legislative Leaders Speak About Session [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 12, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: lottery bill passes committee, silencer bill passes 2nd reading

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Several Bills Die In Senate Committee’s [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 8, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: food freedom bill dies, guns in schools bill dies

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Senate Begins Looking at Gun Bills [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 7, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: crossover, gun bills in senate, radioactive waste storage

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House and Senate Debate Amendments to Supplemental Budget [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 6, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: supplemental budget amendments

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UW President’s Search Bill Passes Legislature [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 5, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: Lawmakers continue work on supplemental budget, UW presidents search bill passes legislature

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Lottery Bill Passes House, Lawmakers Discuss Supplemental Budget [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 4, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: lottery bill, supplemental budget

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Lawmakers Discuss Medicaid, Lottery, and the Supplemental Budget [AUDIO]

By Amy Richards February 1, 2013

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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Category: Legislative Report Tags: abortion bill dies in committee, lottery, Medicaid, supplemental budget

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