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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
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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Better Wyoming Fights Irresponsible Tax Cuts
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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Already behind, Wyoming women hit hard by COVID crisis
Low-wage workers living paycheck-to-paycheck are least prepared to grapple with layoffs and cut hours resulting from the COVID crisis. By far, most low-wage workers in Wyoming are women.
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Governor Gordon can and should stop COVID-related evictions in Wyoming
As unemployment spikes during the pandemic, Wyoming workers are increasingly unable to make housing payments. Federal measures and the goodwill of banks and landlords do not offer Wyoming families the housing protections they need.
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Legislature passes a bill making it easier for Wyoming communities to tax themselves
The increased ability for towns and counties to raise revenues is a nod toward diversifying Wyoming’s tax structure. But because the new revenues will come from sales tax, they will come at the highest cost to the state’s poorest residents.
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