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 #3: Feb. 10 – 21
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.
In the final weeks of the session, the House and Senate will need to negotiate to find a compromise between their two separate plans to fund the state.
Meanwhile, several bills to decrease public school funding and divert funding to private schools advanced, along with proposals to politicize education and tax cuts for homeowners and coal companies that will defund local services in our communities.
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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.
Read MoreReporting and Commentary
Lawmakers defeat a slew of proposals to limit Wyoming voting rights—2019 Legislative recap
High drama, backroom tactics, zombie bills, and thwarted agendas all accompanied failed efforts to chip away at voting rights in Wyoming.
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Wyoming legislators make no movement toward commonsense cannabis reform—2019 Legislative recap
Three proposals, dealing with medical cannabis and sentencing reform, lived short lives this session before dying at the hands of short-sighted lawmakers.
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Lawmakers fail to figure out new revenues for Wyoming public school funding, but avoid further cuts—2019 Legislative recap
After three consecutive years of deep cuts to the Wyoming public education budget, the Legislature relented this session. But without stable sources of revenue, more school cuts are likely on the way.
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