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
REPORT: Wyoming’s physician shortage is a serious concern
Everybody knows that Wyoming is a rural state, and so we can’t expect to have every kind of specialist. But we should be able to expect better than what we’ve got.
Stingy lawmakers leave Wyoming stranded
Dozens of snowplow driver positions remain vacant because the Wyoming Legislature refuses to fund WYDOT enough to pay competitive wages. Thanks to their stinginess, we can all expect closed roads as winter approaches.
Can Wyoming care for its aging population?
A new report demonstrates the healthcare and other challenges Wyoming’s seniors face, showing a rapidly aging state without the infrastructure needed to care for our 65+ residents. But the report also offers boatloads of data that can help policymakers find solutions.
Fremont Co. EMS workers show the power and benefits of organized labor
Tired of dismal pay and awful conditions, workers for the company that provides ambulance services to Fremont County organized and took action. Their success winning better pay and jobs can be an inspiration for others around Wyoming.
SAVE OUR CHILDREN: Wyo. lawmakers allow thousands of kids to lose healthcare coverage
Wyoming lawmakers—many of whom often claim to want to “save our children”—are standing by as a bureaucratic boondoggle strips 7,500 kids of their Medicaid health insurance.
Book-banning officials begin removing Wyoming public agency leaders
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.
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.