Cy Neff

Fort Collins

Elections Reporting Fellow, Wyoming at USA Today

Wyoming Politics Reporter @USAToday, Occasional freelance @IndyWeek, Contact: [email protected], opinions are my own.

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In red Wyoming, hundreds gather to protest Trump and Musk

2 weeks ago | wyofile.com | Cy Neff |Tommy Culkin |Christina Macintosh

President Donald Trump won Wyoming in November by a larger margin than any other state in the nation. But three months into his second administration, opposition to his actions has become more visible here. On Saturday, demonstrators gathered in several Wyoming communities to protest Trump and his ally Elon Musk as part of the national “Hands Off!” movement. Here are dispatches from Cheyenne, Casper and Jackson.
More than 300 protest against Trump at Wyoming Capitol

2 weeks ago | gillettenewsrecord.com | Cy Neff
More than 300 protest against Trump at Wyoming Capitol

2 weeks ago | trib.com | Cy Neff

CHEYENNE — Cheyenne resident April Clarke stood in the thick of a 300-person crowd at the state Capitol on Saturday, holding a sign that read “My kids will know I did not sit quietly.”Clarke said she’s worried about the direction the Trump administration is steering the country in — the “ostracization” of communities, particularly LGBTQ+ Americans, and massive governmental cuts. “I know all the work that the Department of Ed does for special education,” Clarke said.
More than 300 participate in 'Hands Off!' protest at Wyoming State Capitol

2 weeks ago | wyomingnews.com | Cy Neff

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‘Streamline’ or ‘lifeline’? Wyoming veterans divided over Trump’s VA cuts

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Cy Neff

Birgitt Paul has worked as a nurse at the Veterans Affairs (VA) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for over a decade – five years on the floor, five and a half coordinating at-home care for veterans in the region. Like many people working at the agency, she has her gripes with the system – it could be more efficient, more streamlined, easier to navigate for the veterans in need of its care, and better for the 400,000 employees that keep its wheels spinning.
More than 300 participate in 'Hands Off!' protest at Wyoming State Capitol

2 weeks ago | wyomingnews.com | Cy Neff

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The Durham Rescue Mission Wants to Rezone Land Near Its East Durham Campus. Residents Are Wary.

2 weeks ago | indyweek.com | Cy Neff

The Durham Rescue Mission has a zoning request pending for fifteen parcels of land totaling 2.43 acres near its East Durham Campus, hoping to switch the properties’ zoning to light industrial. In a zoning map change application submitted to the city, the Mission provided a laundry list of what the land would not be used for.
Wyoming shields utility companies from wildfire-liability payouts

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Cy Neff

Wyoming’s governor has signed a bill that limits the liability for electric utility companies found guilty of starting wildfires. Legislators argued that the bill was necessary for utility companies to function in an era of massive fire-related class-action lawsuits, especially for many of the smaller, co-op utilities that are a hallmark of the mountain west.
As Wyoming slide further to the right, legislators double down on trans bills

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Cy Neff

When Wyoming legislators in 2022 passed a law banning trans girls from competing in middle and high school girls’ sports, the Cowboy State, by its governor’s own estimate, had a grand total of four transgender student athletes competing within its boundaries. Still, in this year’s legislative session, which wrapped up on Friday, trans athletes were again a focus of lawmakers.
Fate of Wyoming’s last abortion clinic in balance as Republicans take aim

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Cy Neff

There’s a small, unremarkable beige building in downtown Casper, the heart of Wyoming’s oil country, tucked between a Sinclair gas station and a local dry cleaner. Most days of the week, the building attracts a small throng of protesters. In May 2022, it was burned down just three weeks before a new business was set to open in the building. Since it finally opened in 2023, Wyoming lawmakers have passed a number of laws designed specifically to shut it down.