year budget while vetoing two dozen items
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Key Points:
- Governor Mark Gordon signed Wyoming's two-year budget, vetoing about two dozen items and footnotes, emphasizing the importance of delivering a sound budget with bipartisan credit.
- Significant expected cuts, driven by the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, were largely softened as the final budget aligned more closely with the governor and Senate's recommendations, preserving funding for state employee raises and developmental preschools.
- Gordon vetoed provisions he viewed as violating separation of powers, including legislative attempts to dictate executive branch staffing levels and pay classifications.
- The Wyoming Business Council’s funding was partially restored with a compromise, though Gordon vetoed a footnote splitting its funding over two years, seeking immediate full funding to allow comprehensive reform.
- The governor also vetoed certain University of Wyoming foot
