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The Other Chamber: Why Conservative Fiscal Policy Dies in the Wyoming Senate

Full disclosure before we start: I’m a conservative. I live in Gillette. I built Evidence Based Wyoming because Wyoming voters deserve data, not narrative, when they try to figure out what their legislators are actually doing in Cheyenne. Bias disclosed, methodology documented, numbers verifiable. Recently, I published an analysis of the 2026 Wyoming House showing… Read More »The Other Chamber: Why Conservative Fiscal Policy Dies in the Wyoming Senate

The Budget Wyoming Actually Got: Conservative Discernment vs. a Progressive Rubber Stamp

As always, full disclosure before we start: I’m a conservative. I live in Gillette. I built Evidence Based Wyoming because Wyoming voters deserve data, not narrative, when they try to figure out what their legislators are actually doing in Cheyenne. The analysis in this article is built on real votes, documented methodology, and numbers you… Read More »The Budget Wyoming Actually Got: Conservative Discernment vs. a Progressive Rubber Stamp

Who are the big spenders in the Wyoming House of Representatives?

[Scorings finalized March 7, 2024] Analysis of Wyoming Legislative Spending: Eyebrows Raised and Jaws Dropped A deep dive into the fiscal antics of Wyoming’s legislators has unveiled some eyebrow-raising revelations, thanks to a dataset that doesn’t shy away from exposing the budget amendment votes. This preliminary scrutiny, ripe for future eyebrow-raising revisions, slices through the… Read More »Who are the big spenders in the Wyoming House of Representatives?

Rating the Raters: Unmasking WYCAP’s ‘Conservative’ Scores – A Tale of Transparency, Twists, and Tenuous Truths

Have you come across the latest ‘transparent’ conservative rating site? It claims to be a beacon of truth, but a closer look reveals a different story. In an unexpected twist, the Wyoming Conservatice Accountability Project (WYCAP) legislator rating system ranks all five Democrats as more conservative than those often labeled as ultra-conservative, MAGA Republicans, or… Read More »Rating the Raters: Unmasking WYCAP’s ‘Conservative’ Scores – A Tale of Transparency, Twists, and Tenuous Truths

Raise the bar (and save Wyoming)

To save our Wyoming way of life in these trying economic times, we need to find candidates that will figuratively give their last full measure to achieve substantial spending cuts to protect Wyoming from tax increases and an income tax. Yes, the liberals (Democrats and Republicans) repeatedly moan, “You can’t cut your way out of… Read More »Raise the bar (and save Wyoming)

Senator Tom James is a Rock Star

If you don’t know Senator Tom James, a Republican representing Sweetwater County, you should. He’s helped improve the transparency of Wyoming government spending more in his first term than just about any other politician. OpenTheBooks.com has been for three years trying to shed light on where the spending in Wyoming is centered. They’ve done great work… Read More »Senator Tom James is a Rock Star

Dan Crenshaw is a Rockstar, I wish we could get him to come and school our state legislators

It’s to bad he’s not from Wyoming, the world could use a few more cowboys like him. Applying this to our state, I think of our legislators, especially my legislators from Campbell County. especially from Campbell Country. Medicaid expansion, it’s free money. We need to spend more on state government, for roads, for education, for… Read More »Dan Crenshaw is a Rockstar, I wish we could get him to come and school our state legislators