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Hardworking Wyomingites are tired of politicians hell-bent on creating conflict.

We want solutions to our state’s real problems and opportunities to build a future for our families and communities — That’s why we’re working to educate, organize, and mobilize folks on behalf of statewide change.

It’s up to us to build a better Wyoming.

What makes a better Wyoming

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Strong Communities

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Engaged citizens and a responsive government

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Opportunities to build a brighter future

BUILD STRONG WYOMING COMMUNITIES

Learn how our Strong Wyoming Communities campaign engages people in the civic processes that shape our lives and the future of our state. Join us in building stronger Wyoming communities!

VOTE FOR A BETTER WYOMING IN 2024!

Thousands of your Wyoming neighbors will go to the polls this summer & fall. Join them to pick the lawmakers who will decide our state's future!

News and Updates

The Primary Election is fast approaching

Make your 2024 Primary voting plan

August 13, 2024

Better Wyoming wants everyone in our network to vote in both 2024 elections, all the way “down the ballot” in local races. Making a vote plan helps ensure that voting isn’t a task you forget until it’s too late.

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Raise your hand if you’ll vote to protect public education

August 9, 2024

Your state legislators have a significant impact on public education. Voting for trustees and legislators that value public education is important…not just for schools, but for your community’s freedom.

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Why wait for mailers? Better Wyoming’s campaign to meet candidates where they’re at—BEFORE the election

August 8, 2024

Better Wyoming volunteers have been meeting with candidates before the election, and educating them on the healthcare needs of Wyomingites before they ever get into office.

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Together, we can build a Better Wyoming

Latest News

What causes Wyoming’s housing crisis?

September 14, 2024

This is the first in a four-part series by Better Wyoming about our state’s affordable housing shortage and what might be done about it. Buying a house has been part of the middle-class American Dream for as long as middle-class Americans have dreamed. But in Wyoming in 2024, that dream […]

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SESSION RECAP: A school “voucher” program is unconstitutional in Wyoming. The Legislature created one anyway.

April 18, 2024

The Wyoming Constitution is stricter than other states’ when it comes to education funding and prohibits giving public funds to private or religious schools or individuals. The Legislature ignored these provisions in creating the new program, while Gov. Gordon slightly reined it in with a line-item veto.

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Session recap: Harrison Ford and other needy Wyoming seniors receive property tax relief

April 12, 2024

Wyoming legislators wanted to give property tax relief to seniors on fixed incomes, but gray-haired lawmakers couldn’t help giving a bit of relief to themselves—despite the Baby Boomer generation being the richest in history.
Fortunately, other successful property tax proposals this session were more thought-out.

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