The Mountain Minute: 9/10/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – September 10
From immigration fights to courtroom rulings, Colorado’s battles are shaping the bigger national picture. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup.

Colorado News:
🔹 Mesa County vs. Polis – Commissioners sue over Colorado’s sanctuary law, saying it strips sheriffs’ ability to work with ICE.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/public-safety-or-politics-mesa-county-sues-polis-over-sanctuary-crackdown/

🔹 Noise disputes – The Colorado Supreme Court curbs local power on permits, shifting authority back to the state.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/colorado-supreme-court-reins-in-local-authority-over-noise-permits/

🔹 Denver priorities – Taxpayer funding for a soccer stadium faces scrutiny, while a flavored tobacco ban pits freedom against control.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/denver-councilwoman-raises-concerns-over-taxpayer-funding-for-soccer-stadium/
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/denvers-flavored-tobacco-ban-raises-questions-of-freedom-vs-control/

🔹 Hunters vs. activists – Push to ban lead tackle and bullets sparks rural backlash.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/wildlife-activists-urge-cpw-to-ban-lead-tackle-and-bullets-hunters-push-back/

🔹 Green lobby exposed – Report reveals 350 Colorado markets itself as local grassroots but operates as a national lobbying arm.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/350-colorado-markets-local-grassroots-but-operates-as-national-lobby-arm/

🔹 All-gender bathrooms – Denver Public Schools push back against a federal order citing Title IX violations.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/denvers-flavored-tobacco-ban-raises-questions-of-freedom-vs-control/

🔹 Day of Defense – Families urged to join Sept. 20 training to fight child exploitation.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/day-of-defense-on-sept-20-equips-families-to-fight-exploitation/

National News:
🔹 Mail voting risks – Researcher warns a new USPS proposal could heighten ballot security concerns.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/usps-quietly-tells-americans-mail-ballots-at-your-own-risk/

🔹 Immigration enforcement – The U.S. Supreme Court reasserts federal control over rogue courts resisting ICE.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/09/supreme-court-reasserts-control-over-rogue-lower-court-rulings-on-ice/

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