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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

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Strong Communities

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Engaged citizens and a responsive government

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Together, we can build a Better Wyoming

Reporting and Commentary

Better Wyoming launches new series: STATE OF INSECURITY

December 14, 2018

Over the next several weeks, Better Wyoming will publish a series of articles, “State of Insecurity,” that examines shortcomings in the ways Wyoming deals with homelessness, hunger, and low wages. This is the series introduction.

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The Wyoming Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has a great idea: Stop sending so many people (back) to prison

November 29, 2018

New proposals would reform parole sentencing and increase substance abuse treatment in Wyoming.

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New report: Low-income residents in Wyoming pay an effective tax rate more than three times higher than the state’s wealthiest One Percent

October 17, 2018

Wyoming’s lack of an income tax means the rich get a free ride.

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The Community Compass

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