By Renny MacKay

Cheyenne, WY – The state House has cut the money going to a program to build more housing in the state. Originally the bill would have put 30 million dollars into the program, now it's down to one million. That's enough to develop 50 homes or essentially a pilot project. Opponents of the house-building bill say it gets the state involved in the free market and subsidizes housing developers. But Representative Bernadine Craft from Rock Springs argues it is instead, a chance to create needed infrastructure for new affordable housing.

By Bob Beck

By Bob Beck

By Bob Beck

By Renny MacKay

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By Renny MacKay

By Renny MacKay

Cheyenne, WY – State Senator Bob Peck is recovering. The 82-year-old from Riverton caught West Nile Virus this summer then contracted pneumonia at the beginning of January. He is now in a Cheyenne hospital and Senate President John Schiffer says he visits him regularly and he is improving. Schiffer says he doesn't know when Peck will return to the Senate. Today the Senate temporarily replaced Peck on two committees. Schiffer says that is to keep the processing moving while Peck recovers.

By Renny MacKay

Cheyenne, WY – The bill to change the state's eminent domain law passed the House today. It seemed like a controversial proposal originally but it made it through the House fairly easily. The final vote was 56 to four. Speaker Pro Tem, Tom Lubnau complimented his colleagues for dealing with the difficult topic and with the two competing interests, agriculture and industry. Lubnau says that both interests distorted and misrepresented the facts and that the House did a good job at sortiing them out. This bill now heads to the Senate.

By Renny MacKay