ASUW’s final meeting of the fall semester lasted nearly three hours in which six pieces of legislation were debated and voted on, one requiring that the Senate enter the Committee of the Whole. In order for the Senate to vote on Senate Bill #2847: Special Project Allocations for ASUW Fiscal Year 2023 the Senate needed…
Josh Barta jbarta@uwyo.edu UW Staff Senate discussed the realities of future budget cuts and departments that may be displaced due to the budget cuts. Associate Vice President of Operations Mark Collins filled in for Vice President of Administration Bill Mai who was busy meeting with members of the board of trustees. Collins presented the current…
Michael Rotellini Mrotell1@uwyo.edu Wyoming will soon be seeing an inflow of cash thanks to the abandoned mine lands (AML) funding as part of the federal highway bill. The federal highway bill will bring in money for the highways, but more importantly also restore the AML funding owed to the state years ago, David Bush,…
Michael Rotellini Mrotell1@uwyo.edu Community colleges all over Wyoming are projected to lose a good part of funding due to the economic forecast presented by the state. Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced last month the low prices for oil, gas and other energy sources would be resulting in a loss of revenue amounting around $619 million…
Josh Barta jbarta@uwyo.edu The board of trustees voted last fall to annually raise the cost of tuition for students by 4 percent, which has spurred a proposal to increase Hathaway scholarship funding. The board also made a vote to increase tuition costs in the 2015-16 academic year by 5 percent. With cost of tuition on…
The drivers, cyclists and pedestrians who routinely take Ivinson Avenue to school and work might have a safer commute in the future. City council passed a motion this week approving the submittal of a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) application, which, if awarded, would give up to $1 million for Ivinson Avenue improvements. Chamois Andersen, who…
Governor Matt Mead announced last week that part of his budget proposal for the upcoming legislative session includes $21 million dollars for improvements to highway 59 between Douglas and Gillette. The section of highway in question is 170 miles in length and is primarily located in Converse County. According to the 2013 Highway Safety Report,…
Governor Matt Mead submitted a fourth budget proposal to the legislature last week, which highlights that Wyoming is fiscally strong and seeks increased funding in a number of areas. Mead’s Supplemental Budget proposal for 2015-2016 rounds to about $156 million with over $25 million focused on local governments. “The supplemental budget recognizes the importance of…
Wyoming public school districts are gathering to demand increased funding from the state. Every two years the state is supposed to account for inflation within the economy and adjust public school funding accordingly, which is referred to as an external cost adjustment (ECA); however, the legislature has not done so in four years. In an…
