By Brendan LaChance on April 27, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Legislature’s 2021 General Session, which Governor Mark Gordon described as “discombobulated” due to disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a supplemental budget bill that includes $430 million in cuts and eliminates 324 state positions.
While the legislature was able to restore what Gordon described a “modest amount of funding to several Wyoming Department of Health programs for seniors, the disabled, low-income residents and those requiring mental health services” from what was initially proposed leading into the session, the Wyoming Department of Health’s budget was still slashed by about $118.5 million.