Wyoming governor signs two-year state budget with 19 vetoes
(WorldNews Politics)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a two-year state budget Thursday while vetoing 19 sections that included across-the-board spending cuts to address falling revenue from the state`s coal, oil and natural gas industries. Gordon`s approval of the fiscal 2021-22 budget in the late afternoon gave the House and Senate just seven hours - until the five-week legislative session ended at midnight - to override any of his line-item vetoes. Focused on other last-minute legislation, they hadn`t taken up any of the vetoes by evening. One budget area Gordon vetoed sought to save $1 million a year by telling the governor to eliminate unspecified positions. Cuts should be more specific...