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The House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to strip 75% of proposed funding from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s trust fund. That left $10 million.

Some Wyoming House members spoke against raising the death benefits for the family of a slain Sheridan cop Thursday, but it passed easily anyway.

The hard-line group of Republicans split on a budget amendment responding to the recent killing of a Sheridan police sergeant.

CHEYENNE — The House Appropriations Committee slashed a request for $40 million to fund a 988 hotline trust fund by three-quarters Tuesday morning.

The House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to strip 75% of proposed funding from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s trust fund. That left $10 million.

House Bill 186 sought to provide the 988 system trust with $40 million from the general fund but amendments to the bill on Tuesday cut the funding from $40 million

One committee’s actions could be rendered null and void by the larger House’s budget amendment.

This year’s Super Bowl LVIII was the most viewed one up to date. 49ers, Chiefs, and Taylor Swift fans spent their Sunday evening with eyes glued to the screen as the Chiefs narrowly won the game in overtime.   Much of the media coverage regarding the game centers around celebrity sightings, the halftime show, or the...

CHEYENNE — The House Appropriations Committee slashed a request for $40 million to fund a 988 hotline trust fund by three-quarters Tuesday morning.

CHEYENNE — The House Appropriations Committee slashed a request for $40 million to fund a 988 hotline trust fund by three-quarters Tuesday morning.