In what could be his last State of the State address, Gov. Dave Freudenthal restated his desire that legislators not dip into the $700 million budget reserve account to go above his and the Joint Appropriations Committee's recommended $3 billion budget.
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Gov. Dave Freudenthal pushed for his wind energy package, called for more money for school capital construction and repeated his admonition to leave the state's reserve funds alone during his message to the Legislature on Monday.
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Gov. Dave Freudenthal's self-proclaimed fiscally conservative approach toward Wyoming's 2011-2012 budget is right on target, according to House and Senate leaders of the Wyoming Legislature.
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By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, Casper Star-Tribune
The rate of state government hiring has slowed significantly since falling energy revenues prompted Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal to impose restrictions last spring, state records show.
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The State of Wyoming has adopted a State Flower, a State Bird and other symbols of the state and now Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Laramie County, and others want to have the legislature adopt the "Code of the West" as the State Code.
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BOULDER, Wy. -- Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff have wrapped up a five-year pilot program aimed at reducing brucellosis in the Pinedale elk herd unit.
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Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) Elected: November 2002, 2006 Term expires: January 2011
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