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
Strong Communities
Engaged citizens and a responsive government
Opportunities to build a brighter future
2025 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign
Updates
Statewide Accountability Report #2: Jan. 27 – Feb. 7
In the second two weeks of the 2025 legislative session, the Freedom Caucus kept pounding away at its highest priorities in the House, including abortion restrictions, voter restrictions, and multiple bills to tear down public education.
Both chambers advanced even more property tax cut proposals, and in the Senate a resolution advanced in support of Wyoming seizing and selling federal public lands.
The House and Senate each worked on their own versions of the supplemental budget, but debates were still raging at our deadline. We will focus on the budget in Report 3.
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Statewide Accountability Report #1: Jan. 14 – 24
In the first two weeks of the Wyoming Legislature’s 2025 session, the House prioritized Freedom Caucus bills over the normal functions of government, advancing do-nothing policies on hot-button social issues instead of addressing actual problems that impact our lives and communities.
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Three ways YOU can get involved for the 2025 legislative session
The 2025 legislative session is just around the corner. Here are three concrete things you can do to get involved with Better Wyoming for the session.
Read MoreReporting and Commentary
Senators from Wyoming cities that support LGBT rights send mixed messages by voting down a statewide workplace nondiscrimination bill
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“People ask what are the consequences of cannabis. The consequence is that a person is alive”: House cuts sentence for marijuana, but won’t budge on medical use
Before today, no bill reducing penalties for even small amounts of marijuana had ever passed a chamber of the Wyoming Legislature. That barrier was shattered Friday morning when the House voted 56 – 2 in favor of a bill that lowers the penalty for possessing up to three ounces of cannabis to […]
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Wyoming House ignores UW faculty senate’s plea to stop concealed carry, as two gun bills move on to the Senate
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