Governor requests millions more for state prison and University of Wyoming employees
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead submitted over a dozen revisions to his December budget proposal Monday, requesting roughly $11.5 million in additional spending. Mead also clarified some previous spending requests.
The largest new request is $5.2 million for repairs to the Wyoming State Penitentiary, which has suffered from maintenance issues since it opened.
Mead said in a letter to the Joint Appropriations Committee that much of the repair work to the prison’s plumbing and structural issues had been completed with existing funds but that more money was needed.
“That’s not in anybody’s budget,” said Kari Gray, Mead’s chief of staff. “That’s information that came out after.”
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