How Much Will the Coffers Cough Up? ; Having an Extra $1.8 Billion Is Favorable, but It Doesn't Make Life Easier for Legislators
Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › May 08, 2006
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By Ilene Olson and Jennifer Frazer
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How Much Will the Coffers Cough Up? ; Having an Extra $1.8 Billion Is Favorable, but It Doesn't Make Life Easier for Legislators
Having more money in state coffers doesn't necessarily make life easier for lawmakers who have the job of deciding how to spend or save it.
Rep. Larry Meuli, R-Cheyenne, serves on the Joint Appropriations Interim Committee. Meuli said the contrast between legislative sessions in 1999 or 2000 and the one starting on Monday is sharp."During lean years, the budgets were a lot easier to evaluate and to fund because you didn't have any money for new programs," he said. "You were trying to have s...See the full content of this document
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