House rebuffs attempt to restore $40M to UW, but adds back funding for athletics

House rebuffs attempt to restore $40M to UW, but adds back funding for athletics

by Maya Shimizu Harris, WyoFile CHEYENNE—After working until 1:30 Wednesday morning, representatives returned to the House hours later and took up one of this budget session’s key disputes: how much to spend on the University of Wyoming for the next two years.  A budget amendment hit at the heart of the controversy, launching the House into nearly two hours of debate.  “This is the big one,” Rep. Ken Chestek, the Laramie Democrat who sponsored t…