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Senate advances budget after hours-long fight that strips most funding from Wyoming Business Council
Summary
The Wyoming Senate’s committee of the whole advanced Senate File 1 (the budget bill) after an extended floor debate that resulted in deep cuts to the Wyoming Business Council and de-appropriation of the Business Ready Communities account. Sponsors and critics clashed over whether to reform or dismantle the agency.
Cheyenne — The Wyoming Senate’s committee of the whole reported Senate File 1 favorably on Feb. 13, 2026, advancing the state’s general government appropriations bill after several hours of consideration and heated debate over funding for the Wyoming Business Council.
Senators approved the budget package after the Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) made multiple program-level changes, including a near-elimination of state support for the Wyoming Business Council. The JAC left $2,000,000 and two full‑time equivalent positions to the state budget department to manage wind‑down and outstanding obligations and de‑appropriated $54,900,000 from the Business Ready Communities account, according to committee remarks.
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