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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

68th Legislative Session

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.

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Collective Action

We organize people to take action together to publicly demonstrate power and let decisionmakers know where the people of Wyoming stand.

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Leadership Development

We train everyday people with the skills and knowledge to organize their own communities.

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Commit to Vote!

Commit to vote in the 2026 Wyoming primary elections!

Wyoming’s primary election turnout is very low. In the 2024 primaries, just 27 percent of eligible Wyoming voters cast a ballot. That means a small minority chooses the officials who make major decisions that affect all of us.

We need more everyday Wyomingites LIKE YOU to vote in the elections where you can have a real voice.

Commit to Vote!

Commit to vote in the 2026 Wyoming primary elections!

Wyoming’s primary election turnout is very low. In the 2024 primaries, just 27 percent of eligible Wyoming voters cast a ballot. That means a small minority chooses the officials who make major decisions that affect all of us.

We need more everyday Wyomingites LIKE YOU to vote in the elections where you can have a real voice.

2026 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign

How well do your local Wyoming state legislators represent you? How do you know? 

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

How well do your local Wyoming state legislators represent you? How do you know? 

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 is developing future leaders of Wyoming!
Better Wyoming’s Grassroots Institute is an eight-week training program that develops leaders across the state into community organizers. We combine research, best practices, and on-the-ground experience to share with volunteers and partner organizations so they can learn what they need to make a difference.

The Grassroots Institute

The Grassroots Institute is developing future leaders of Wyoming!
Better Wyoming’s Grassroots Institute is an eight-week training program that develops leaders across the state into community organizers. We combine research, best practices, and on-the-ground experience to share with volunteers and partner organizations so they can learn what they need to make a difference.

What We’re Up To

How to really get out the vote (GOTV)

July 15, 2026

Voter turnout in Wyoming’s primaries has always been low…but it doesn’t have to be. Explore how successful GOTV campaigns actually motivate people to vote! The best strategy isn’t what you’d expect, and isn’t what we’ve been trying in the Cowboy State for years…

How to make the biggest impact on WyoGives Day

July 8, 2026

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?

May 5, 2026

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.

Together, we can build a Better Wyoming

Reporting and Commentary

While Wyoming State Senate leadership pushes for more education cuts, a committee votes to require new computer science courses in public schools

October 17, 2017

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Amidst education funding crisis, Wyoming cities remind Legislature that they’re broke, too

September 27, 2017

A legislative committee has agreed to draft a bill that would provide $105 million to local governments for the next biennium, the same amount they received in a special appropriation from the state two years ago. How that request will be received by a Legislature that needs to find about […]

Wyoming travel industry wants a new tourism tax so it can invest in and pay for itself

September 21, 2017

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