Some of the questions Gov. Mark Gordon took from lawmakers Monday while presenting his $11.13 billion proposed budget for the state involved data centers eyeing Wyoming business locations.

And some of the questions Secretary of State Chuck Gray took during his agency’s budget pitch were about a dispute with Gordon that the secretary said could land in court.

One lawmaker, Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, said Gray’s budget would be more palatable if its tenets didn’t take the form of a “political football.”

‘Political Football’

The two officials on Monday presented different budget requests to the legislative Joint Appropriations Committee, which is set to meet through half of December and half of January to craft a budget bill for the lawmaking session that opens Feb. 9.

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