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City of Casper Sets FY14 Council Budget Meetings for Later This Month

Anthony Pollreisz — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:32:50 +0000

Casper City Council will discuss the city of Casper’s budget for fiscal year 2014 and a new five-year capital improvement plan at work sessions scheduled for later this month.

Casper mayor Kenyne Schlager says,

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UW Making Budget Cuts/Wyoming News Briefs

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:37:36 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming has eliminated 54 faculty and staff positions to meet state budget cuts. UW also is reducing non-personnel support budgets and scholarships. UW's operating

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UW trims 54 jobs in budget cutting

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:16:35 +0000

The University of Wyoming has eliminated 54 faculty and staff positions to meet state budget cuts.

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Air Force Begins Grounding Combat Aircraft

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:39:18 +0000

he Air Force is grounding about a third of its active-duty combat aircraft because of automatic spending cuts.

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New UW President Will Spend Some Time Fundraising

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:33:53 +0000

The incoming president of the University of Wyoming says an important part of his job will be to find other sources of revenue to help make up for cuts in state funding.

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Grand Teton to Cut Back on Seasonal Employees

Trevor T. Trujillo — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:58:03 +0000

Grand Teton National Park will reduce its seasonal workforce, including hiring fewer search and rescue team members, to help meet federal spending cuts.

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Game & Fish Commission Discusses Service Cuts

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:30:48 +0000

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say entire programs may be in jeopardy in 2015 because of a lack of funding.

Game and Fish Commissioner Aaron Clark says the state Game and Fish Commission and department officials want to hear public comment when considering those decisions

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Obama Concedes Budget Deal May Be Impossible

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:52:33 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is conceding "we're probably not going to be able to get a deal" on budget, tax and spending issues with Congress if Republicans continue to insist that no new revenues can be raised unless entitlement programs are significantly overhauled

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White House On GOP Budget: Math Doesn't Add Up

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:45:53 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the new House Republican budget outlines the wrong course for the nation.

White House spokesman Jay Carney says the math in Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's plan doesn't add up

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Wyoming Lawmakers Want Agency Budget Cut Plans

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:28:56 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Legislature intends to direct state agencies to prepare for a range of budget cuts despite Gov. Matt Mead's recent veto of a similar directive in the state's supplemental budget bill

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Wyo. Legislature Will Not Override Mead's Vetoes

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:26:15 +0000

Wyoming legislative leaders say they won't try to override Gov. Matt Mead's vetoes of some sections of the state budget bill.

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Medicaid Expansion Still A Possibility In Wyoming

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:37:02 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Despite the Wyoming Legislature's recent rejection of a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to 17,600 additional low-income adults, the state's Department of Health continues to study the possibility

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Budget Cuts Could Affect Wyoming Parks

Rich Denison — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:34:43 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Large areas of Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier national parks could remain closed to summer traffic weeks later than usual, while visitor centers and campgrounds at several other national parks might have to close

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Gov. Mead To Act On State Budget

Rich Denison — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:31:45 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead intends to take action Thursday on the supplemental budget bill the state Legislature has approved.

Renny MacKay is spokesman for the governor. MacKay says Mead will take action on the budget bill before heading out of state for a meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington DC

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Senate Democrats Craft Bill To Avert Budget Cuts

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:49:47 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts this year that defense hawks warn would cripple the military

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House GOP Bill Calls Attention To Obama On Budget

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:48:30 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House has passed a bill that's intended to call attention to President Barack Obama's failure to offer a balanced budget during his years in office.

Democrats say the legislation is a political gimmick, and it's sure to be ignored by Democrats running the Senate

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Supt. Hill Seeks $6.3 Million Budget

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:23:49 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill is seeking more than $6 million for her newly reorganized office over the next 17 months.

Gov. Matt Mead has recommended just over $2 million

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Gov. Mead Wants To Meet With Lawmakers Over Budget Issues

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:54:27 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he hopes to meet with Wyoming lawmakers over the next year to try to resolve a fundamental disagreement over whether the state should be putting its extra cash into permanent savings or into the state’s rainy day fund. Mead has recommended that the state put less into [...]

Obama To Ask For Short Term Budget Plan

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:09:36 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials say President Barack Obama will ask Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts that are scheduled to kick in March 1

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Gov. Mead Plans Press Briefing As Budget Advances

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:23:45 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead plans to meet with reporters today in Cheyenne as the state Legislature enters the second half of its ongoing general session.

Lawmakers are working the budget bill this week and Mead is likely to face questions about the Joint Appropriations Committee's recommendation that they ignore many of his fiscal policy recommendations

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