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Better Wyoming launches advocacy campaigns for the 2019 State Legislative session
Our new grassroots organizing staff will recruit volunteers to focus on public school funding, commonsense cannabis reform, and LGBTQ nondiscrimination
A brief history of the Wyoming Legislature’s not raising the minimum wage — STATE OF INSECURITY
An economist, a small business owner, and a waitress—all serving in the Wyoming Legislature—have been lonesome voices advocating for a higher minimum wage.
Want to improve Wyoming’s economy? Raise the minimum wage — STATE OF INSECURITY
Tens of thousands of Wyoming workers earn poverty wages or less. More money for them would mean more for their local economies, plus a decreased need for welfare and, of course, better lives.
Food meant to feed Wyoming’s hungry often goes to waste — STATE OF INSECURITY
Big anti-hunger organizations have trouble distributing food across Wyoming’s vast spaces before it sours or rots. But the problem might have local solutions.
Wyoming’s food stamp problem — STATE OF INSECURITY
Wyoming has fewer of its hungry residents signed up for SNAP benefits than any other state, meaning we lose out on millions of dollars in federal food aid.
Wyoming is the only state without a “food policy council” to fight hunger and improve food access — STATE OF INSECURITY
Unlike everywhere else, Wyoming lacks a mechanism to coordinate its fight against hunger. Thankfully, some activists are working to change that.
Wyoming’s lack of mental health and substance abuse services fuels homelessness — STATE OF INSECURITY
Many homeless people suffer from mental illness and addiction. Wyoming’s lack of resources to treat these underlying problems contributes to more and more people on the streets.
Give Ed a place to live: “Housing First” works in Wyoming — STATE OF INSECURITY
Casper’s “Housing First” program is among the most effective anti-homelessness effort in the state. Its secret? Folks get a place to live—no strings attached.
Uncoordinated, underfunded, and inadequate: Wyoming’s approach to homelessness — STATE OF INSECURITY
There are plenty of well-meaning people in Wyoming trying to make sure their neighbors have roofs over their heads. But the state has neglected to fund or develop infrastructure to ensure everyone is effectively working together.
Better Wyoming launches new series: STATE OF INSECURITY
Over the next several weeks, Better Wyoming will publish a series of articles, “State of Insecurity,” that examines shortcomings in the ways Wyoming deals with homelessness, hunger, and low wages. This is the series introduction.
The Wyoming Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has a great idea: Stop sending so many people (back) to prison
New proposals would reform parole sentencing and increase substance abuse treatment in Wyoming.
New report: Low-income residents in Wyoming pay an effective tax rate more than three times higher than the state’s wealthiest One Percent
Wyoming’s lack of an income tax means the rich get a free ride.
Exit Interview: Kathryn Lenth — How to lose a computer scientist (VIDEO)
Computer scientist Kathryn Lenth was happy to make Casper home, until she and her partner, Kristen, realized Wyoming might not be the best place for LGBT people to live. Now Kathryn is training the tech workforce of tomorrow … in Utah.
Why won’t Wyoming reform its cannabis laws? Ask a cop lobbyist.
Powerful police lobbyists have convinced the Wyoming State Legislature to ignore citizens’ wishes and refuse to reform the state’s draconian marijuana laws. Now, they’ve taken their crusade public.
The Legislature didn’t increase class sizes. But lawmakers who want to cut Wyoming education budgets have found a back-channel way to do it.
The State School Facilities Commission has one job: to make sure Wyoming students have good schools. But the commission has inserted itself into the debate over education budget cuts—and it’s hard to believe the commissioners came up with the idea on their own.