In a new series, Better Wyoming looks at primary elections from recent years that featured two very different candidates and were decided by just a handful of ballots. In our third post, we look at the 2024 contest in which Freedom Caucus newcomer Marlene Brady ousted the incumbent, Tony Niemiec, in Sweetwater County.
EVERY VOTE COUNTS: Tony Niemiec vs. Marlene Brady Read More »
Better Wyo. will co-host a film screening and panel discussion on book banning in Wyoming as well as an advocacy training focused on using narrative to build power.
Back-to-back Better Wyo. events in Jackson Jan. 27 & 28 Read More »
Wyoming’s public sector has struggled to retain quality workers in recent years as lawmakers have slashed wages and the political climate has grown toxic. Now, officials driven by radical religious agendas are removing experienced local leaders, including a longtime public library director and an award-winning school superintendent.
Book-banning officials begin removing Wyoming public agency leaders Read More »
Workers at a Starbucks in Cheyenne will vote on Monday whether to join more than 340 other stores across the U.S. and become the first unionized location in Wyoming. The baristas allege a hostile workplace and erratic scheduling, but also are part of a new uptick of organized labor in Wyoming.
Cheyenne Starbucks baristas poised to unionize for better schedules and workplace Read More »
Susan Gore, founder of the Wyoming Liberty group and one of the state’s wealthiest political donors, is under investigation by the FBI for making campaign contributions via spies she hired to secretly record her political enemies.
Wyo. Freedom Caucus megadonor subpoenaed for election crimes Read More »
The Wyoming Liberty Group founder described allegations that she funded an elaborate spy operation as a “nothingburger.” But that burger might come with a side of prison time if it turns out she’s guilty of serious election crimes. Now that one of the project’s masterminds has been located in Wyoming and subpoenaed, more light might come to the case for investigators.
Why Susan Gore might go to prison Read More »
Political economist Sven Larson worked 10 years for Gore’s Wyoming Liberty Group. In a new statement, he condemns Gore’s plot and states she has “wiped out whatever credibility she had.”
Ex Wyo Liberty Group staffer “disgusted” by Susan Gore’s spying scheme Read More »
Political spies with ties to the Wyoming Liberty Group, Project Veritas, and Blackwater founder Erik Prince targeted Better Wyoming as part of a yearlong operation to gather intel and make secret recordings to weaponize against the organization.
Right-wing spies target Better Wyoming Read More »
Working families and seniors across Wyoming are feeling the pinch of paying for steadily increasing drug costs. But the Legislature’s plan to import drugs from Canada won’t help.
Wyoming lawmakers’ plan to import drugs from Canada won’t lower prescription costs Read More »
The main way to register to vote in Wyoming is at the polls. But a huge portion of the state’s electorate is avoiding the polls altogether during COVID-19. As the state’s aggressive voter purge laws disenrolled massive numbers of Wyoming voters, we’re left to wonder whether our registration laws need an update.
Registering to vote at the polls in Wyoming is great … until it’s not Read More »
