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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

BUILD STRONG WYOMING COMMUNITIES

Learn how our Strong Wyoming Communities campaign engages people in the civic processes that shape our lives and the future of our state. Join us in building stronger Wyoming communities!

Updates

Three ways YOU can get involved for the 2025 legislative session

December 19, 2024

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.

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We’re Hiring!

December 13, 2024

Join our team as a field organizer in Casper where you will work to
empower residents to shape the future of your community, while connecting
with similar efforts across Wyoming.

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Make your voting plan

October 7, 2024

Better Wyoming wants YOU to vote in both elections, all the way “down the ballot” in local races. Making a vote plan helps ensure that voting isn’t a task you forget until it’s too late.

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Together, we can build a Better Wyoming

Reporting and Commentary

Debate continues over controversial pipeline protest bill

March 8, 2018

The saga of Senate File 74 is not over yet. The controversial ALEC-written bill to severely punish pipeline protestors like those at Standing Rock with decade-long prison sentences and $100,000 fines passed first reading in the House on Wednesday night after a “colorful” debate. The bill will be read and […]

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Education advocates reluctantly root for the lesser evil in the Senate

March 8, 2018

The Senate is considering a bill that would cut roughly $15 million a year from Wyoming public schools—but it’s far better than the Senate budget proposal, which would annually cut about $80 million.

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Medicaid work requirements bill, aimed at Wyoming’s “poorest of the poor,” dies in House committee

March 7, 2018

Sen. Larry Hicks, the bill’s sponsor, said obtaining social services “is not a destination, but a journey.”

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