On a warm October afternoon, Trujillo’s Barbershop in Cheyenne is alive with the sound of electric razors humming.

A TV in the corner recaps the latest NFL news as clients wait along the wall for their turn to be seated for a cut. Rich Trujillo and his barbers will be busy for the next few hours, and that’s just the way they like it.

Trujillo has been in the business 25 years, as has his colleague Marcus Galizzi, who stands to his right working a pair of scissors. Throughout the year, Trujillo says, the shop normally gets steady business, partly because of its proximity to the Wyoming Capitol Building , which is visible from a shop window.

The start of the legislative session, says Trujillo, brings everyone from staffers to even former governors into his shop looking to freshen up their

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