During budget presentation, Gordon says he's willing to look at lodging tax

CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon told lawmakers Monday that he would be “willing” to consider a statewide lodging tax if it came across his desk this winter.

However, in his first budget presentation to members of the Joint Appropriations Committee this week, Gordon declined to entertain any other tax legislation, instead focusing his first hearing on cost-savings as the state faces a future of declining revenues.

Kicking off the first of several weeks of budget hearings, Gordon seemed largely on the same page as leaders of the budget-making committee, pushing a set of budget recommendations...