The Mountain Minute: 9/9/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – September 9
Ever feel like the big fights are in D.C.? In Colorado, our roads, schools, and freedoms are under fire — and every family feels it. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup.

Happy Birthday to Heidi Ganahl – RMV’s founder is leading a 12-part exposé on Durango 9-R, exposing child safety failures, illegal campaigning, and parental rights under attack. Check it out on our social media channels and wish her a happy birthday!

Colorado News:
🔹 Crumbling Roads – State report shows interstates improved just 1%, while rural roads fall apart.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/colorado-interstates-improved-by-1-percent-but-where-does-that-leave-rural-roads/

🔹 Lee Fire Fallout – Ranchers still reeling after 137,000 acres scorched.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/colorado-ranchers-face-lasting-struggles-after-lee-fire-scorches-137000-acres/

🔹 Ballot Battles – Lawmakers lean on initiatives for taxes, wolves, and more. Critics call it “rule by special interests.”
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/how-ballot-initiatives-play-a-role-in-colorado-policymaking/

🔹 Minimum Wage Reality – Hikes leave teens and entry-level workers locked out of jobs.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/minimum-wage-hikes-sound-compassionate-but-close-the-door-on-opportunity/

National News:
🔹 Air Force Discrimination – Decorated pilot admits he was punished for refusing the COVID vaccine on religious grounds.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/air-force-admits-decorated-pilot-suffered-religious-discrimination-over-covid-vaccine-mandate/

🔹 FDA Review – Child deaths tied to COVID shots under investigation.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/fda-launches-review-into-reported-child-deaths-after-covid-shots/

🔹 Political Crosscurrents – Trump’s policies remain unpopular in polls, but Democrats face growing backlash on economy and immigration.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/poll-shows-trump-policies-unpopular-yet-democrats-face-their-own-backlash/

🔹 Immigration Debate – Critics say deportations won’t fix the system; welfare and visas must be rethought.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/deportations-wont-stop-the-damage-calls-grow-to-rethink-visas-welfare-and-assimilation/

🔹 Citizen Voting Push – States tighten laws as noncitizen voting spreads in U.S. cities.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/08/citizen-rights-at-risk-as-noncitizen-voting-spreads-in-u-s-cities/

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