Rebecca Bextel for Governor
Rebecca's Plan

First 100 Days: Putting Wyoming First

Wyoming does not need another administration that manages the status quo. Here is what Rebecca will focus on from day one.

As Governor, Rebecca's first 100 days will focus on reducing the size and influence of state government, lowering costs for Wyoming families, defending our traditional industries, restoring accountability, and launching major reforms.

We won't solve every problem in 100 days. But Wyoming citizens will know immediately what Rebecca's priorities are, what actions she will take as Governor, and what legislation she expects lawmakers to put on her desk.

What Wyoming Will See After 100 Days

By the end of Rebecca's first 100 days:

  • Every major executive agency, board, and commission will be under review.
  • Discretionary grant and matching-fund programs will be frozen or subjected to public scrutiny.
  • The release of a government-consolidation and cost-reduction plan.
  • Wyoming will have a coordinated strategy to defend energy production from federal overreach.
  • Energy subsidies and special-interest tax preferences will be under review.
  • Severance-tax reform will be moving toward a responsible legislative proposal.
  • Wyoming-origin agricultural labeling will be in development.
  • Sanctuary policies will be prohibited throughout the executive branch.
  • Commercial driver and immigration-enforcement standards will be strengthened.
  • A measurable five-year education improvement plan will be underway.
  • The Legislature will receive a clear agenda for reforms requiring statutory approval.
  • Permanent property-tax reform will be moving toward a legislative proposal that limits runaway increases, protects primary residences, and prevents Wyoming citizens from being taxed out of their homes.

Rebecca's first 100 days will not be about creating more government programs. Her first 100 days will focus on restoring government to its proper role, removing barriers to Wyoming's traditional industries, and making state government answer to the people who pay for it.

The Full Plan

Make Government Smaller, Leaner and Accountable

State government should serve Wyoming's citizens, not become Wyoming's largest and most powerful industry.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Order a top-to-bottom review of the executive branch, including its roughly 40 cabinet-level positions, with recommendations to consolidate offices, eliminate duplication, and reduce administrative overhead.
  • Review every executive-branch board and commission to determine whether it remains necessary, accountable, and effective.
  • Order performance and financial audits of boards, commissions, and programs that control or distribute taxpayer dollars.
  • Propose reforms to the State Board of Equalization so it protects taxpayers and provides a fair appeals process instead of standing in the way of meaningful property-tax relief.
  • Freeze the creation of new executive-branch boards, commissions, and administrative positions unless they are necessary for public safety or required by law.
  • Require agencies to identify unnecessary regulations, outdated mandates, and programs that can be eliminated or consolidated.
  • Publish a government-reform report detailing what will be eliminated, consolidated, or submitted to the Legislature for action.

Protect Wyoming Property Owners

Owning a home, farm, ranch, or small business should provide security, not the constant fear of being taxed out of property you worked a lifetime to own.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Present a permanent property-tax reform package that limits runaway increases and protects primary residences.
  • Strengthen targeted relief for seniors, veterans, families on fixed incomes, and homeowners facing extraordinary increases.
  • Order a top-to-bottom review of Wyoming's property-assessment and appeals process to ensure valuations are accurate, consistent, and understandable.
  • Reform the State Board of Equalization so it serves as a fair and impartial safeguard for taxpayers.
  • Require greater transparency when local governments increase property-tax collections or benefit from rising assessments.
  • Identify responsible spending reforms that deliver tax relief without jeopardizing essential local services.
  • Work with the Legislature to replace temporary fixes with predictable, lasting protections that allow Wyoming families to keep their homes and land.

End Government Welfare

The Wyoming government should not pick winners and losers or use taxpayer dollars to subsidize connected interests.

Rebecca will:

  • Immediately suspend discretionary awards from governor-controlled grant and matching-fund programs while each program undergoes a public review.
  • Order a comprehensive audit of all economic-development programs.
  • Require public disclosure of grant recipients, scoring criteria, promised outcomes, and actual results.
  • Submit legislation restructuring or eliminating programs that benefit select companies without producing measurable value for Wyoming taxpayers.

Make Wyoming Energy a Priority Again

Wyoming powers America. Rebecca will make clear from her first day in office that coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, and critical-mineral production are central to Wyoming's economy and America's national security.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Issue an executive order directing state agencies to treat reliable, affordable Wyoming energy production as an economic and national-security priority.
  • Review state policies and regulations that unnecessarily increase electricity costs, discourage production, or threaten the continued operation of reliable power plants.
  • Direct agencies to establish firm, transparent permitting timelines and eliminate unnecessary delays.
  • Create a coordinated legal and regulatory strategy to challenge federal actions that threaten Wyoming energy jobs, leases, and production.
  • Order a review of state subsidies, grants, and tax preferences that place wind and solar projects at an artificial advantage over coal, oil, natural gas, or nuclear energy.
  • Suspend new discretionary energy-matching awards until the program's recipients, results, and costs have been fully disclosed.
  • Refuse to approve new subsidies that force taxpayers to underwrite favored energy companies or technologies.
  • Work with independent producers, mineral owners, utilities, and local communities, not merely the largest corporations and politically connected interests, to develop Wyoming's energy agenda.

Put Energy Affordability First

Rebecca will support legislation to repeal or reform state policies that raise electricity prices or reduce the efficiency and viability of Wyoming's coal-fired power plants. As Governor, Rebecca will ask one simple question: does it provide Wyoming families and businesses with reliable, affordable power?

Begin Responsible Severance-Tax Reform

A major reduction in severance taxes cannot responsibly be completed through an executive order. The Legislature must develop it and evaluate it against Wyoming's long-term revenue obligations.

During her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Convene producers, economists, county officials, and legislators to examine Wyoming's severance-tax structure.
  • Compare Wyoming's tax burden with competing energy-producing states.
  • Develop a phased proposal that encourages production and investment without creating an irresponsible hole in the state budget.
  • Present recommendations to the Legislature for targeted, fiscally sustainable relief.

Restore Meaning to the State Seal

Wyoming's state seal recognizes both mining and livestock because energy and agriculture built our state. We must treat agriculture as a foundational industry, not an afterthought.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Direct the Department of Agriculture to develop a renewed and enforceable "Made in Wyoming" and "Wyoming Grown" labeling initiative.
  • Establish a voluntary Wyoming-origin meat label that allows ranchers and processors to distinguish products born, raised, or processed in Wyoming.
  • Work with ranchers, producers, grocers, and processors to expand markets for Wyoming products.
  • Identify state regulations that unnecessarily burden family farms, ranches, meat processors, and agricultural entrepreneurs.
  • Work with Wyoming's congressional delegation to restore meaningful federal Country-of-Origin Labeling.
  • Present a rural economic-development plan centered on producers and locally owned businesses rather than government-selected corporations.

Lower Transportation Costs

Rebecca will request a review of Wyoming's fuel tax and how its revenue is being spent. Her administration will identify waste and propose a responsible fuel-tax reduction that lowers costs for families, ranchers, and small businesses while maintaining essential roads and bridges.

Enforce the Law and Protect Wyoming Communities

Wyoming will never become a sanctuary state under Rebecca's leadership.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Issue an executive order prohibiting executive-branch agencies from adopting sanctuary policies or obstructing lawful cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
  • Direct state law-enforcement agencies to establish clear protocols for cooperating with ICE and other federal authorities, consistent with state and federal law.
  • Support local law enforcement when undocumented immigrants are lawfully identified and subject to federal detention or removal.
  • Audit state programs to ensure taxpayer-funded benefits are reserved for citizens and legal residents as required by law.
  • Require strict enforcement of commercial driver's-license standards, including federal English-language proficiency requirements.
  • Work with Wyoming's congressional delegation to strengthen enforcement against fraudulent or unlawfully issued commercial driver's licenses.
  • Submit legislation requiring E-Verify for state agencies, state contractors, and companies receiving state economic-development assistance.

Launch the Wyoming Top Five Education Initiative

Wyoming spends heavily on education. Parents should see better results in return, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. Rebecca will establish a clear goal: move Wyoming into the nation's top five states for student achievement within five years.

In her first 100 days, Rebecca will:

  • Order a transparent review of statewide reading, English, and mathematics performance by grade, district, and school.
  • Establish measurable annual targets for literacy and mathematics improvement.
  • Require greater public reporting so parents can easily understand whether their child's school is improving.
  • Develop a statewide early-literacy strategy based on phonics, proven instructional methods, and early intervention.
  • Require screening for reading difficulties in the early grades and provide targeted support before struggling students fall further behind.
  • Review teacher training and state education contracts to ensure resources are focused on classroom achievement.
  • Redirect funding away from ideological programming, unnecessary consultants, and administrative growth and toward teachers, tutoring, classroom instruction, and proven academic interventions.
  • Propose legislation protecting parents' rights to review curricula, access school information, and make decisions regarding their children.
  • Create incentives for districts that demonstrate sustained academic improvement while requiring intervention plans from persistently underperforming schools.

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