Hiring Freeze

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.

Falling state revenues from low oil and natural gas prices have prompted Wyoming Governor Matt Mead to implement a state hiring freeze. "We knew things were going to be tight," said Governor Mead. "They've gotten, I would say, considerably worse over the last month or so in terms of the revenue outlook...