Wyoming governor settles 2016 lawsuit he filed as treasurer against state

Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday that he would be ending a legal proceeding he initiated as state treasurer in 2016 over that office’s authority to approve contracts related to the state capitol building construction project.

Gordon’s suit challenged the 2014 legislation that created the Capitol Building Rehabilitation and Restoration Oversight Group — the entity responsible for overseeing the $300 million venture — claiming the legislation violated the state’s constitution by not giving the treasurer authority to approve the contracts related to the project.

The section of the state constitution at play in that case, Article 3, Section 31, requires the state government to contract for a number of services, including “repairing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meeting of the legislature.”

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