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The Grassroots Institute
2025 Wyo. Legislature Grassroots Accountability Campaign
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.
What We’re Up To
The plot to ‘DOGE’ our state Health Department
Freedom Caucus lawmakers are trying to “DOGE” the Wyoming Department of Health. Better Wyoming volunteers are calling them out in local papers, making sure Wyomingites know who’s behind the cuts and what’s at stake for our communities.
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Albany County Stands Up Against Wyoming’s Book Ban Bill
Better Wyoming showed up recently at the Revenue Committee’s meeting to tell legislators – and the Wyoming public – just how bad things would be for hardworking Wyomingites if these irresponsible cuts go through.
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History of Better Wyoming
Youth mental health issues are on the rise, but the Legislature does not allocate money to fully staff schools with counselors. A judge has ruled that the state must fund mental health professionals for schools, but the Freedom Caucus is looking for ways to defund public education instead.
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“INTERIM” SPOTLIGHT: MEDICAID FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED CARE
Medicaid is among the most common forms of payment to care for people with developmental disabilities, but the rates are terribly low. The Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee is looking at increasing the rates of pay for providers who offer this critical care.
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“INTERIM” SPOTLIGHT: MATERNITY CARE DESERTS
The Legislature’s Joint Labor Health Committee has historically failed to find solutions to Wyoming’s inadequate maternal healthcare. They will try again this year.
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UNFUNDED: Which Wyoming state programs will go without resources thanks to the Legislature’s failure to pass a 2025 budget?
For the first time in half a century the Wyoming Legislature, under Freedom Caucus leadership, failed their constitutional duty to pass a state budget. These are just some of the programs and agencies that will go unfunded as a result.
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