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The next step in Gordon's plan calls for state agency directors to identify programs for elimination by July 1, likely resulting in state employees losing their jobs.

Councilors will consider a resolution to amend the city’s budget in light of a steep decline in state-shared revenue, which was expected to be reduced by 43 percent.

The affected employees are being notified this week, according to a Monday news release from UW.

Nichols was not certain how many jobs would be lost as a result of the proposal, but said the picture would become more clear once units finalize their plans to implement the cuts.

The results of program reviews currently underway will be given the most weight in determining which academic programs and positions will be eliminated.

The declaration stops short of financial exigency itself, under which tenured faculty members could see their positions eliminated.

Lawmakers did not approve funding pay raises for UW or state employees.

Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, says the idea of cutting K-12 education funding is "absurd." Rothfuss says National Assessment of Educational Progress scores in Wyoming have risen in recent years while scores of other states have generally remained stagnant...