We're building

Hardworking Wyomingites are tired of politicians hell-bent on creating conflict.

We want solutions to our state’s real problems and opportunities to build a future for our families and communities — That’s why we’re working to educate, organize, and mobilize folks on behalf of statewide change.

It’s up to us to build a better Wyoming.

What makes a better Wyoming

Lander community members doing a lit drop

Strong Communities

1.10.23HealthyWyomingMedicaidExpansionRallyWeb-77

Engaged citizens and a responsive government

A Grandfather with his grandson in the carpentry workshop teaching the grandson carpentry skills

Opportunities to build a brighter future

2025 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign

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

Check out Better Wyoming’s 2025 Grassroots Accountability Reports, which track how your own local lawmakers voted during the legislative session on important issues like healthcare, education, and taxes to find out. 

Learn whether their votes represent your values on issues that impact us all.

Updates

68th Legislative Session

Overall Statewide Accountability Report

April 16, 2025

The 2025 General Session marked a shift for the Wyoming Legislature with the so-called “Freedom Caucus” taking on leadership positions for the first time.

Read More
Senators applauding on the floor

Statewide Accountability Report 4: Feb. 24 – Mar. 7

March 4, 2025

The final two weeks of a legislative session usually involves intense negotiations between the House and Senate over the budget. But this year, in an unprecedented event, the two chambers simply decided to not pass a budget, leaving millions of dollars of state programs unfunded.

Read More
Charles Scott laughing at a joke on the floor

Statewide Accountability Report #3: Feb. 10 – 21

February 17, 2025

The fourth and fifth weeks of the 2025 legislative session included debate over the state budget. Lawmakers voted for or against funding for programs related to healthcare, public education, wildfire relief, and more.

Read More

Together, we can build a Better Wyoming

Reporting and Commentary

Session recap: The day the ‘Freedom Caucus’ voted for the biggest govt. expenditure in Wyo. history

May 20, 2023

The “small government” group voted to spend nearly a billion dollars each year of Wyoming taxpayer money to prevent private businesses from requiring masks or vaccines.

Read More

Session recap: How Chip Neiman killed dozens of “boring” problem-solving bills

May 12, 2023

Making sure electricians are safe? Yawn. Training more rural nurses? Booo-ring. Scholarships for community college students to learn trades? What a snooze fest!

These are just some of the bills that House Majority Floor Leader Chip Neiman singlehandedly killed by not allowing them to proceed to the House floor for debate.

Read More

Session recap: The good, the bad, and the ugly of Wyoming’s 2023 state budget

May 4, 2023

With a windfall of tax revenue from high gas prices, the Wyoming Legislature increased state employee and teacher pay and funded some economic development. But lawmakers failed to meaningfully address the state’s growing housing crisis, and they still would rather invest billions in Wall Street than our own local communities.

Read More

The Community Compass

Sign up for Better Wyoming’s new weekly newsletter, The Community Compass, where we share with you the most important Wyoming stories this week and tell you why they matter.