One-third of babies delivered in Wyoming are to moms on Medicaid. But Medicaid pays healthcare providers low rates, because state lawmakers have failed to increase them to keep pace with costs. This means that fewer maternal health providers operate in Wyoming, creating huge “maternity care deserts” where no help is available.
“INTERIM” SPOTLIGHT: MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR MATERNAL HEALTHCARE Read More »
Better Wyoming showed up recently at the Revenue Committee’s meeting to tell legislators – and the Wyoming public – just how bad things would be for hardworking Wyomingites if these irresponsible cuts go through.
Albany County Stands Up Against Wyoming’s Book Ban Bill Read More »
Youth mental health issues are on the rise, but the Legislature does not allocate money to fully staff schools with counselors. A judge has ruled that the state must fund mental health professionals for schools, but the Freedom Caucus is looking for ways to defund public education instead.
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The Wyoming Department of Health has a new program to help you and is taking applications until Sept. 30.
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Better Wyoming showed up recently at the Revenue Committee’s meeting to tell legislators – and the Wyoming public – just how bad things would be for hardworking Wyomingites if these irresponsible cuts go through.
Better Wyoming Fights Irresponsible Tax Cuts Read More »
Youth mental health issues are on the rise, but the Legislature does not allocate money to fully staff schools with counselors. A judge has ruled that the state must fund mental health professionals for schools, but the Freedom Caucus is looking for ways to defund public education instead.
“INTERIM” SPOTLIGHT: K-12 MENTAL HEALTH Read More »
Hundreds of people flooded lawmakers with emails and gave public testimony in resistance to a bill that aims to ban books and penalize libraries. The fight isn’t over, but together we’ve shown the legislature that Wyoming won’t accept censorship.
Wyoming Says NO to Book Bans Read More »
Property taxes have been a huge topic at the Wyoming Legislature and in our local communities. But few people really
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Better Wyoming volunteers, public educators and advocates packed the Legislature’s first ‘recalibration’ meeting on June 17th to testify in front of the committee and tell them to use the process to fully fund public education.
You’re going to be hearing a lot about this term, “recalibration.” It’s a process that the Legislature has to go through every five years to determine how much funding our public schools need to educate students.
It’s also the process the Freedom Caucus plans to use to defund our schools to complete their plan of tearing down public education.
What the *%^# is “recalibration” (and why does it matter for Wyoming’s public schools)? Read More »
