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Legislative Leaders Address Session [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:38:03 +0000

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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Lawmakers Seek Compromise on Lottery Bill [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:41:17 +0000

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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Lottery Bill Passes Senate Amended, Goes Back to the House [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:22:58 +0000

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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Gov Mead Vetoes Part of Budget, Lottery Bill Passes Another Vote [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:14:15 +0000

Governor Matt Mead vetoed some sections of the supplemental budget bill Thursday.

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Senate Committee Endorses Amended Gun Bills [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:26:10 +0000

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday endorsed an amendment to a bill that already has passed the house.

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Big Week Ahead for the Wyoming Legislature [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:28:24 +0000

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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Budget Approved, Governor Signs Gas Tax Bill [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:17:03 +0000

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

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Gas Tax Bill Passes Legislature [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:20:14 +0000

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]

Amy Richards — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:35:49 +0000

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

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Legislative Leaders Speak About Session [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:53:14 +0000

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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Several Bills Die In Senate Committee's [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:09:32 +0000

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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Senate Begins Looking at Gun Bills [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:33:10 +0000

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

Amy Richards — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:54:01 +0000

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

Amy Richards — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:24:39 +0000

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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Lawmakers Pick Up the Pace As Deadlines Loom [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:57:37 +0000

The senate Judiciary Committee voted 4 to 1 to advance a bill that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill now goes to the full senate for debate.

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UW Receiving A Lot of Legislative Attention [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:22:12 +0000

The House Minerals, Business and Economic Development committee voted 9-0 to send a bill to the full house that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public

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Proposed Bill to Change UW President Search Decision [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:45:40 +0000

A judge in Laramie has ordered the University Board of Trustees to identify the finalists for university president after they get those names from a search committee. A proposed bill in the Wyoming House may change that decision.

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Committee Unanimously endorses state Department of Education Bill

Associated Press — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:12:49 +0000

A House committee has unanimously endorsed a bill that would change who runs the state Department of Education.

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Medicaid, budgets and Education Debated [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:08:48 +0000

The Wyoming Senate is considering a bill that would try and reform the state's Medicaid program. Senator Charlie Scott, Chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee,says that could be difficult because of the limitations put on the state's by the federal government

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House Speaker On Education Bill [AUDIO]

Amy Richards — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:23:57 +0000

Two weeks into the legislative session, several big issues have already made their way through at least one chamber.

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