We believe everyday Wyomingites should have a say in the decisions that shape our lives.
Through civic education, leadership development and collective action, we coach folks on how to speak up, get involved, and work together to improve our communities.
It’s up to us to build a better Wyoming.
How We Build a Better Wyoming
Civic Education
We teach folks how the issues that impact their lives are connected to politics and government, and how to engage in the processes that shape them.
Collective Action
We organize people to take action together to publicly demonstrate power and let decisionmakers know where the people of Wyoming stand.
Leadership Development
We train everyday people with the skills and knowledge to organize their own communities.
Commit to Vote!
The general election is your final chance to make your voice heard in races that are still competitive, including critical down-ballot races that directly impact your community. These are the races that appear lower on your ballot, like city council, school board, and ballot measures like Proposition 1, which will appear on all Wyoming ballots this November.
We need more everyday Wyomingites LIKE YOU to vote in the elections down-ballot that impact your community.
Commit to Vote!
The general election is your final chance to make your voice heard in races that are still competitive, including critical down-ballot races that directly impact your community. These are the races that appear lower on your ballot, like city council, school board, and ballot measures like Proposition 1, which will appear on all Wyoming ballots this November.
We need more everyday Wyomingites LIKE YOU to vote in the elections down-ballot that impact your community.
2026 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign
Check out Better Wyoming’s 2026 Grassroots Accountability Reports, which track how your own local legislators voted during the budget session on important issues impacting healthcare, education, community funding and more.
Learn whether their votes represent your values on issues that impact your community.
2026 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign
Check out Better Wyoming’s 2026 Grassroots Accountability Reports, which track how your own local legislators voted during the budget session on important issues impacting healthcare, education, community funding and more.
Learn whether their votes represent your values on issues that impact your community.
The Grassroots Institute
The Grassroots Institute
Reporting and Commentary
Statewide Accountability Report: Post-Session 2026
During the Wyoming Legislature’s 2026 budget session, lawmakers approved a two-year state budget that omits nearly all of the cuts proposed by the Freedom Caucus.
Statewide Accountability Report: Mid Session 2026
The first two weeks of the 2026 budget session saw lawmakers using the rule requiring a two-thirds vote to introduce any non-budget bill to defeat dozens of proposals, including bills to restrict elections, defund K-12 public education, and radically reshape Wyoming’s tax system.
“INTERIM” WRAP-UP: HEALTHCARE FUNDING
Members of the Freedom Caucus attempted to “DOGE” the Wyoming Department of Health’s budget, but found no waste, fraud, or abuse. That didn’t stop them from cutting tens of millions from the Governor’s proposed budget for healthcare.
“INTERIM” WRAP-UP: MATERNAL HEALTHCARE
Wyoming’s “maternity care deserts” are growing as healthcare facilities close, leaving more and more communities and women without access to care. The Legislature’s Joint Labor Health Committee was supposed to address this problem over the interim, but chose to focus on protecting fake anti-abortion clinics instead.
“INTERIM” WRAP-UP: BANNING BOOKS
Out-of-state groups like Moms for Liberty have successfully worked to demonize librarians across Wyoming. Now, the legislature is set to join in with a bill sponsored by the Joint Judiciary Committee.
“INTERIM” WRAP-UP: PROPERTY TAXES
The legislature has already passed a series of targeted property tax relief measures as well as a broad 25 percent tax cut last year. This has defunded critical services in Wyoming communities. Now, the Joint Revenue Committee is sponsoring a bill to get rid of property taxes entirely.
What We’re Up To
How to make the biggest impact on WyoGives Day
WyoGives Day, on July 15, is Wyoming largest day of giving. For Better Wyoming it is one of the most important days of the year for us. It not only gives us funding that contributes to our mission, but it is a great opportunity to introduce folks to Better Wyoming and bring them into our movement. Learn more about how you can help spread the word about this day of giving.
Why are we working to get people to vote in the Wyoming Primary elections?
By the time the general election rolls around in November, 80% of elections have already been decided. Anyone who waited to vote until then is missing out on voting in the elections that matter for Wyoming’s future. That is why Better Wyoming is working hard to get people out to vote in the Wyoming Primary elections on Aug. 18.
Better Wyoming receives “School Bell Award”
Over the last year, we’ve collaborated with the Wyoming Education Association (WEA) to protect public education funding, fight off book-banning bills that would punish educators, and train their members to become grassroots leaders in their communities.