The 2025 Wyoming legislative session is underway and Wyoming's Freedom Cacucs is ready to push their agenda.

In this past election, The Freedom Caucus took the majority of the House and a good chunk of the Wyoming Senate.

A social media campaign has been released explaining what they want to get done, and how.

They call it their Five & Dime Plan.

That name might remind some older folks of the 5 & Dime stores that were at one time all over the country.

Here is what the Wyoming Freedom Caucus hopes to achieve, according to their website.

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1). ELECTION INTEGRITY: Require Proof of WY Residency & US Citizenship When Registering to Vote

WHAT: Create clear statutory authority for the Wyoming Secretary of State to promulgate rules requiring voters to prove WY residency and to ensure that non-citizens cannot register to vote in WY.

WHY: No requirement exists for voters to prove their WY residency or US citizenship status. This simple fix will better secure our elections and bolster confidence in our election system.

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2). IMMIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Invalidate Driver Licenses Issued to Illegals by Other Jurisdictions

WHAT: Invalidate driver's licenses issued to illegal aliens present in WY.

WHY: An estimated 9 million + illegal aliens have entered the US since 2021. Nineteen states and D.C. issue licenses to illegal immigrants– Wyoming does not. This simple bill will help WY crackdown on illegal immigration and to ensure consistency in our statutes and rules.

Bill previously written (SF0120, 2024)

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3). STOPPING THE WOKE AGENDA AT UW: Prohibiting D.E.I. in Higher Education

WHAT: Prohibit the University of WY and Wyoming’s Community Colleges from engaging in discriminatory hiring or continuing education requirements that place moral, historical, or other blame on a person or group of people on the basis of immutable characteristics.

WHY: It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of any immutable characteristic. As the Equality State, WY should be proud to codify additional protections against discrimination. With continually declining enrollment rates at UW, dumping “woke” DEI programming will attract the free-thinking cowboys and cowgirls we want to attend our university.

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4). PROTECTING OUR CORE INDUSTRIES: Ban woke investment strategies for the State of Wyoming’s trust fund.

WHAT: Prohibit the State of Wyoming from investing in funds that prioritize “environmental, social, or governance” standards over funds promising the highest financial rate of return.

WHY: Wyoming should not invest tax dollars with entities that do not seek the highest rate of return and who are out to destroy and eliminate our core industries.

Bill previously written (SF0172, 2023)

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5). CUTTING TAXES: Real Property Tax Relief.

WHAT: Provide a 25% property tax cut to residential property owners with a backfill to local governments.

WHY: The people of WY have been crushed by years of skyrocketing property taxes.

Bill previously written (SF0054, 2024)

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The old west is preserved with the largest collection of guns, saddles and rare western oddities at King's Saddlery & Museum in downtown Sheridan, Wyoming.

Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods

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