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Gov. not ready for tax increases 

State has $1.8 billion in ‘rainy day fund’

CHEYENNE (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he’s not ready to support other tax increases to cover what state analysts say will likely be a steep decline in coal revenues over coming years.

Mead is scheduled to present his draft budget for the coming two-year funding period to state lawmakers on Dec. 7. In anticipation of falling state revenues, he already has imposed a state hiring freeze and ordered cos...

 
 
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