For the first time in half a century the Wyoming Legislature, under Freedom Caucus leadership, failed their constitutional duty to pass a state budget. These are just some of the programs and agencies that will go unfunded as a result.
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.
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.
Legislature preview: Freedom Caucus poised to expand private school voucher program Read More »
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.
Wyoming public school students top nation in ACT scores Read More »
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.
The sex-obsessed fundamentalists influencing Wyoming school board elections Read More »
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.
Wyoming’s neighbors provide examples of housing solutions Read More »
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.
Slow or none: Wyoming lawmakers’ response to the housing crisis Read More »
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.
Wyoming’s unaffordable housing drives young families and businesses away Read More »
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.
What causes Wyoming’s housing crisis? Read More »
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.
