Legislature weekly roundup

Unlike previous sessions of the Wyoming Legislature, this year we had the enviable question of what to do with nearly $2 billion surplus. That’s a big departure from only two years ago, when our state faced one of the largest budget deficits in history. Many of us remember the tough spending reductions that had to be made in the wake of the COVID pandemic and bottomed-out energy prices to keep our finances in the black. With that recent experience still fresh on our minds, both the House and Senate agreed to send $1.4 billion of the surplus funds to savings and utilize the remaining $383 million to meet the immediate and short-term needs of the citizens of Wyoming.