By Brendan LaChance on March 9, 2021
(Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming House of Representatives passed House Bill 121 on third reading on Tuesday, March 9. The legislation appropriates funding for state funded capital construction projects.
Including amendments to the original draft of the bill, House Bill 121 appropriates about $129 million to various construction projects throughout the state and would establish an $11 million contingency fund.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Bob Nicholas (Laramie County) said on Tuesday that the legislature did not pass a capital construction bill in 2020 and that passing one this year would help “keep Wyoming moving forward.” He said the state missed out on $50-100 million in new projects without a capital construction bill last year.
Wyoming House looks to require ID at the polls, exclude student, out-of-state IDs By Brendan LaChance on March 1, 2021
Staff prepare mail-in and early ballots for the tabulation machine at the Natrona County Courthouse in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming House of Representatives passed House Bill 75 on first reading on Monday, March 1 which would require people to show identification when voting at the polls.
At question is which forms of identification would be acceptable should the legislation become law.
Rep. Chuck Gray (Natrona County) argued against allowing three types of identification during the House’s debate:
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