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Session preview: The Freedom Caucus wants budget cuts. Will they target Wyoming healthcare?
Gov. Gordon has requested modest funding increases for the Department of Health, including for maternity care. The Legislature has a budget surplus, but Freedom Caucus allies claim Wyoming healthcare spending is already too high.
Three ways YOU can get involved for the 2025 legislative session
The 2025 legislative session is just around the corner. Here are three concrete things you can do to get involved with Better Wyoming for the session.
Legislature preview: Freedom Caucus poised to expand private school voucher program
Private school vouchers take public money away from public schools and redirect it to private and religious institutions that don’t serve rural students or provide special education. But expanding Wyoming’s voucher program is a top priority for the Freedom Caucus now that it has a majority.
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Wyoming public school students top nation in ACT scores
Investing in Wyoming public education pays off: We have one of the best school systems in the nation, and should feel proud of the work done in each classroom across the state every day.
The sex-obsessed fundamentalists influencing Wyoming school board elections
The Wyoming Family Alliance’s campaign to elect school board members uses a candidate questionnaire that focuses far more on sex and genitals than it does on anything a school board member would actually need to know.
Vote “yes” on Amendment A to give Wyo. lawmakers better tools for tax reform
Did you know you pay the same property tax rate as Walmart and Facebook data centers? Vote “yes” on Amendment A this election, so Wyoming can have the tools to lower tax rates on people’s homes while maintaining revenue from corporations for public services like hospitals and schools.
Make your voting plan
Better Wyoming wants YOU to vote in both 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.
Wyoming’s neighbors provide examples of housing solutions
From Idaho to Montana to Nebraska to Utah to Colorado, efforts to confront a lack of affordable housing are ongoing in basically all of Wyoming’s neighbors. Even though our own state has done basically nothing to confront the problem, we have plenty of models to look toward if lawmakers ever get the gumption to act.
Take our Survey!
We’re launching a new survey to learn about what YOU want to see in your Wyoming community, the obstacles you and your family face, and how we can work together to advocate for improvements
Slow or none: Wyoming lawmakers’ response to the housing crisis
Wyoming’s housing crisis came on fast, but solutions to it from political leaders are either incremental or nonexistent. In some towns, local officials have updated zoning regulations to allow for more construction. Federal rent assistant programs are backlogged, and the Legislature has done essentially nothing.
Wyoming’s unaffordable housing drives young families and businesses away
In the second part of our housing series, Better Wyoming looks at the secondary problems caused by our housing crisis: intensified brain drain, lack of critical services, harm to the economy, and an overall impact on our communities’ well-being.
What causes Wyoming’s housing crisis?
In the first part of a new series, Better Wyoming looks at the causes of our state’s housing crisis—including wealthy out-of-staters paying cash and driving up prices, short-term rentals depleting housing stocks, restrictive zoning, high construction materials costs, and more.
Make your 2024 Primary voting plan
Better Wyoming wants YOU 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.
Raise your hand if you’ll vote to protect public education
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.