As a Wyoming native (gratuitous thump of the chest) and long-time Lander resident, I of course know where Cheyenne is. Which is to say at the intersection of interstates 80 and 25 and the Union Pacific and BNSF railines. And as with all intersections, I thought of Cheyenne as a place to either go through or to turn and then proceed. I had never given much thought to stopping, lingering, or staying. That, as it turns out, is my fault. There are a lot of good reasons to stop in Cheyenne and stay for a while. And one of the most important has just wrapped up: the 59th Wyoming legislative session.

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