University of Wyoming employees will see pay raises of about $8 million starting July 1, under a plan to be presented to the Board of Trustees next week.
Some lawmakers feel that the budget session restrictions on non-budget bills are outdated and make it unnecessarily difficult to tackle pressing issues in a timely manner.
Wyoming will continue to fight for the industries which have historically contributed the greatest revenue and which are best positioned to buoy the state going forward.
Republican Sen. R. Ray Peterson, the committee's Senate chairman, says he is unsure how the bills will be received in the house, or whether they stand much chance of passing at all.