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Grassroots advocates and legislative healthcare champs celebrate with Governor Gordon
"Aye" votes included, from left to right, Reps. Bill Allemand, Alan Slagle, Dalton Banks, Christopher Knapp, Tomi Strock, Ben Hornock, Sarah Penn, Tony Locke, Clarence Styvar

Session recap: The day the ‘Freedom Caucus’ voted for the biggest govt. expenditure in Wyo. history

The "small government" group voted to spend nearly a billion dollars each year of Wyoming taxpayer money to prevent private businesses from requiring masks or vaccines.
Meanwhile, almost every single Freedom Caucus-sponsored bill got a hearing, which meant lawmakers spent their time debating hot-button national issues rather than improving government or fixing Wyoming’s real problems.

Session recap: How Chip Neiman killed dozens of “boring” problem-solving bills

Making sure electricians are safe? Yawn. Training more rural nurses? Booo-ring. Scholarships for community college students to learn trades? What a snooze fest! These are just some of the bills that House Majority Floor Leader Chip Neiman singlehandedly killed by not allowing them to proceed to the House floor for debate.
It's good to pay teachers and state employees what they're worth. But they need places to live, too.

Session recap: The good, the bad, and the ugly of Wyoming’s 2023 state budget

With a windfall of tax revenue from high gas prices, the Wyoming Legislature increased state employee and teacher pay and funded some economic development. But lawmakers failed to meaningfully address the state’s growing housing crisis, and they still would rather invest billions in Wall Street than our own local communities.
The lack of mental healthcare in Wyoming remains a fatal issue.

Session recap: Legislature falls flat confronting Wyo’s mental health and suicide crises

Lawmakers acknowledged in 2023 the problems of Wyoming’s crushing suicide rate (including teen suicide) and lack of basic mental healthcare access for rural communities and uninsured people. But resistance by the Freedom Caucus to any form of government program whatsoever helped defeat several proposals that could have saved lives.
More working families can qualify for relief, and long-term reform is on the way to help with rising property tax bills.

Session recap: Relief and reform for rising Wyo. property taxes

Rising home values have increased Wyoming property tax bills. The Legislature responded with targeted relief that will benefit nearly 10,000 households while untangling complicated issues with the state’s tax structure to allow for further reforms. They managed this while avoiding the slash-and-burn approach favored by the Freedom Caucus that would have gutted funding for local towns and counties.
This demands immediate state intervention! Call the Government!!!

Session recap - Lawmakers bravely confront Wyoming's hottest non-issue: transgender student athletes

Four transgender students participate in Wyoming high school sports. For a decade, a policy governing trans student eligibility in athletics has gone unused, because local communities have handled situations on a case-by-case basis. But the so-called Freedom Caucus shares the national media’s obsession with transgender people. So, confronting this trendiest of boogeymen became a priority during the 2023 session, while other issues that affect tens of thousands of Wyoming residents went ignored.
The population of Wyoming RINOs is slated to increase after the legislature's 2023 decision.

Session recap: "Crossover voting" is banned in Wyoming. Now what?

After years of attempts, the Wyoming Legislature passed a law banning voters from switching parties to cast a ballot in the primary of their choice. The result will be confusion, disenfranchisement, and a whole herd of RINOs joining the GOP.
Injunctions and amendments and arsonists, oh my!

Session recap: WTF is going on with abortion in Wyoming?

The Legislature ditched the "trigger ban" it passed in 2022 in favor of two new bans—all of which are or will be tied up in court. Abortion remains legal until a ruling comes down from the Wyoming Supreme Court about whether abortion is "healthcare" protected by the state constitution. Meanwhile, the governor and others increasingly believe the issue will be decided eventually at the ballot.
One sitting Wyoming lawmaker has actually married a child, and another opposed HB-7 because he said the children in his district are "pretty mature."

Session recap: You gotta fight for your right … to marry children

Religious fundamentalists in the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and the Wyoming State GOP fought tooth and nail for the “freedom” to continue marrying children. Fortunately, this was one of many fights that they lost in 2023, as the Legislature passed its first law prohibiting marriage for children under 16.
Grassroots advocates and legislative healthcare champs celebrate with Governor Gordon

The winding road to Wyoming’s biggest healthcare access win in a decade

A bill to extend Medicaid coverage for uninsured new Wyoming moms faced opposition from the so-called “Freedom Caucus,” legislative leaders, and the Wyoming State GOP. But a coalition of healthcare access advocates and pro-life lawmakers pushed “Medicaid for Moms” all the way to the governor’s desk.