Joint Appropriations Committee considers budget

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint
Appropriations Committee are scheduled to wrap up their work on Gov. Matt
Mead’s budget recommendations.

Rep. Rosie Berger, R-Big Horn, says she expects the committee
will finish its work by the end of Friday. Berger is co-chairman of the joint
committee.

The committee has spent weeks reviewing Mead’s proposed $3.4
billion state funds budget.

The committee has been recommending budget cuts in response to
recent state projections that call for lower natural gas prices to result in
$100 million less state revenue over the two-year budget period that starts in
July.