The Mountain Minute: 4/9/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – April 9, 2025
Hosted by Team RMV
This week, Colorado parents face potential doxxing, Denver’s downtown gets a housing overhaul, and Trump’s team gets the green light to clean house in Washington. Here’s your quick roundup:

Colorado News:
🔹 Speak Up, Get Doxxed? – SB25-063, the so-called “Freedom to Read Act,” would allow public release of names of anyone who challenges school library books. Critics say it targets concerned parents and chills free speech.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/the-fine-print-of-sb25-063-speak-up-about-inappropriate-books-in-schools-get-doxxed/

🔹 Colorado’s Rape Kit Backlog – With more than 1,400 kits still untested, sexual assault survivors are waiting up to 18 months for answers. State lawmakers say they’re working on solutions, but the backlog continues to grow.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/colorados-backlog-leaves-sexual-assault-survivors-without-answers-without-closure/

🔹 17th Street Towers to Become Affordable Housing – Two downtown Denver office towers are being converted into over 700 affordable housing units, with additional community amenities planned. Construction could begin within a year.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/3-2m-denver-17th-street-tower-deal-aims-to-create-750-downtown-apartments/

🔹 Gross Reservoir Project Halted – A federal judge has blocked Denver Water’s expansion project, citing environmental violations. The project was already 60% complete. Officials have 14 days to respond.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/judge-halts-gross-reservoir-project-despite-60-completion-and-looming-water-risks/

🔹 Chris Wright: Voice of Energy Sanity – In a recent op-ed, Wright lays out a plan for affordable, reliable American energy—emphasizing domestic oil and gas over green policies that outsource emissions to countries like China.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/hancock-chris-wright-is-the-voice-of-energy-sanity-america-needs/

National News:
🔹 SCOTUS Greenlights Federal Worker Firings – The Supreme Court cleared the Trump administration to fire thousands of federal workers across six agencies. The move, led by the Department of Government Efficiency, aims to downsize bureaucracy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-fire-thousands-of-federal-workers/

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