Natrona County Rep. Chuck Gray said monies allocated to the State Capitol Building were unnecessary and the restoration project should be considered finished.
The cost of construction work on the Capitol Square Project in Cheyenne is expected to run about $30 million over original estimates but the extra costs were offset by reductions in other areas, keeping the project within budget.
Some Cheyenne residents are questioning a decision to remove a statue of the nation’s first female justice of the peace from in front of the newly refurbished Capitol.
Thousands of people got their first glimpse of the new interior of the state Capitol on Wednesday as the building was opened to the public for the first time since the extensive refurbishment of the Capitol Complex began more than four years ago.
The nearly $300 million Wyoming Capitol Square Project is wrapping up and government agencies are making their way into their new digs after years in temporary office space around Cheyenne.
A plan to give Wyoming more of a say in planning in a 16-block area near the Capitol won final approval Tuesday from the state House.
Wyoming’s House will get a look at a bill that would create a four square-block area for planning future development in the state’s Capitol Complex.
