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CASPER — It’s only been a few months since the Wyoming Legislature convened for a special session, but it’s already time to start gearing up for the budget session set to begin Feb. 14.

First and foremost, the Legislature has to pass Gov. Mark Gordon’s 2023-2024 biennium budget.

The proposed budget of $2.3 billion is larger than anticipated, but still smaller than the previous two-year budget cycle, and almost half the size of the 2010 budget.

With the infusion of federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as well as some increa...