mineral payments

Wyoming, New Mexico and other states will lose more than $400 million in mineral payments over the next decade under a budget deal nearing final approval in the Senate.

The payments had been cut as a result of the automatic federal spending restrictions that took effect in March.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Western states are being hit by a cut in federal mineral payments by the U.S. Department of Interior as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says his state faces at least $53 million in cuts over the next five years...