Governor issues budget bill vetoes, urges caution about changing fiscal picture

Press Release

Governor Mark Gordon thanked the Legislature for delivering a budget bill that crafts a sound fiscal plan, but emphasized that current events have dramatically altered the state's fiscal outlook.

"Our world in these last four weeks has straddled an historic juncture," Governor Gordon wrote, noting freefalling markets and record-low commodities prices. "This budget urges government to use our limited resources prudently to advance the needed services our citizens depend on. We are a proud and resourceful people and I have never doubted our resolve to navigate through this storm."

The Governor pointed out that over the past several years, Wyoming has seen record revenues collapse. Coal bankruptcies, low commodity prices and challenges to the agricultural sector are impacting how the state funds its schools, maintains its roads, and provides critical services.

Governor Gordon thanked the Legislature for taking to heart his concerns expressed in a letter attached to the 2019 supplemental budget.

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