Cheyenne, Wy – Governor Dave Freudenthal took his budget recommendations to the legislature's appropriations committee today (Monday). His proposals total almost a billion dollars.
Senator Phil Nicholas is going to be the next chair of the appropriations committee. He says he doesn't feel the governor is putting enough money into savings.
Nicholas says he also knows there are lots of important big ticket items in state that need funding.

Cheyenne, Wy – The state's seven community colleges are hoping to get more money and improve their campuses. They are asking the legislature to increase salaries and to pay for some construction projects. They want a total of 80 million dollars. The Governor has agreed with half of their request.

Washington D-C – Senator Craig Thomas is back to work on
Capitol Hill.
The state's senior returned to work today (Monday) -- about a
month earlier than originally thought.
The 73-year-old Thomas was released over the weekend from the
Washington D-C area hospital where he had been undergoing treatment
for leukemia.
He began treatment for leukemia on November ninth.
Previously, Thomas said he didn't expect to return to the Senate
until January.
But he says in a statement that doctors were encouraged by his

Cheyenne, Wy – Lawmakers are looking at setting requirements to get money from the new Hathaway Scholarship program. The state wants to put a specific curriculum in place and any student that wants to get the scholarship must take those courses.
The legislature's education committee reviewed the proposed curriculum Monday. They left provisions in place for students to take science, math and English, but removed the requirement for foreign languages. Chairman Representative Jeff Wasserburger says he feels like this gives students more time to take electives.

By AP

By Renny MacKay

Laramie, WY – The governor wants to improve Wyoming's highways. In his budget recommendations, released this week, he proposed spending 162 million dollars on roads. Governor Dave Freudenthal says that is a huge number. But he says fortunately much of what this money would go is resurfacing so they can get more done. He also recommended spending 18 million dollars at the state's airports.

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Laramie, WY – The remains of a man found Monday on a ranch in central Natrona County have been identified as those of a rancher who disappeared in 1975. Natrona County Coroner Doctor James Thorpen says that the

By Bob Beck

By Bob Beck