Published by admin on Thu, 02/15/2024 - 3:02pm
CHEYENNE — The 2024 budget session turned contentious almost immediately Monday as the Wyoming Senate promptly voted to defy the chamber’s president and shake up leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The Senate voted 17-14 to reinstate Sen. Dave Kinskey (R-Sheridan) as chairman of the Legislature’s most powerful committee.
In April, Senate President Ogden Driskill (R-Devils Tower) unilaterally stripped Kinskey of the position — though not his membership on the committee. At the time, Driskill said he was troubled by committee members’ concerns about Kinskey’s performance at the helm, the Sheridan Press reported.
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