Bills are flying and dying in the Wyoming Legislature’s budget session. And lawmakers haven’t even touched the budget itself yet. WyoFile’s Maggie Mullen and Wyoming Public Radio’s Chris Clements highlight some of the biggest upsets – and an incident of checks on the House floor that’s launched investigations.
Cheyenne Roundup 2026: Episode 2 – Checkgate, dead bills and the start of the session
Bills are flying and dying in the Wyoming Legislature’s budget session.
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Tennessee Jane Watson is WyoFile's deputy managing editor. She was a 2020 Nieman Abrams Fellow for Local Investigative Journalism and Wyoming Public Radio's education reporter. She lives in Laramie. Contact her at tennessee@wyofile.com or (585) 739-9154. Follow Tennessee on Twitter at @tennesseejane
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