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SHERIDAN — Property tax relief for Wyomingites is set for consideration after several bills were approved by the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee last week. Tax relief was a hot-button issue during the 2023 session and Sheridan County’s delegation was critical of the Wyoming Legislature’s failure to provide substantial property tax relief for residents. “People want us to get something done, and they want us to act,” Co-Chair Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester, said during the revenue committee meetings. Homeowner tax exemption The committee c...
SHERIDAN — Wyoming Senate Vice President Dave Kinskey was removed from his position as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee last week. Kinskey, R-Sheridan, was chair of the committee for the previous two sessions and was slated to continue as chair until Senate President Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, removed him from the role. Whether the removal is allowed by Senate rules is disagreed upon by the pair. Senate rule 2-8 only refers to membership within a committee and says, “No change shall be made in any committee except by vote of...