Dr. Brent Sherard, left, spokesman for the Wyoming Integrated Care Network, speaks in favor of expanding the federal Medicaid system on Tues., Jan. 22, 2013, at the State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyo. The network is part of a coalition of groups that supports the expansion, which is pending before the Wyoming Legislature. (AP Photo/Ben Neary)
Wyoming Legislature passes budget compromise
Published: 08:33:15 PM, Fri 15 February 2013 UTC
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Both Houses of the Wyoming Legislature have voted to approve the supplemental budget bill.
House Speaker Tom Lubnau, a Gillette Republican, and Senate President Tony Ross, a Republican from Cheyenne, said Friday that that the budget bill should go to Gov. Matt Mead for his consideration on Tuesday.
The supplemental budget calls for spending roughly an additional $78 million on top of the $3.2 billion state funds budget lawmakers approved last year for the biennium that runs through mid-2014.
The supplemental budget also includes roughly $61 million in budget reductions, the result of across-the-board budget cuts the Legislature implemented last year.
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