The Mountain Minute: 3/20/2025

Today’s Top Stories
Colorado News:
🔹 Colorado Embraces Nuclear Energy? – House Bill 25-1040, classifying nuclear power as clean energy, has bipartisan support and now awaits Governor Polis' signature. Will he side with energy independence or environmental activists?
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/colorado-moves-toward-a-nuclear-future-as-energy-demands-skyrocket/

🔹 Colorado Drug Bust Uncovers Lethal Elephant Sedative – Delta County deputies seized Carfentanil, a drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl, along with meth and thousands of fentanyl pills. Authorities warn of its extreme danger.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/colorado-drug-bust-includes-elephant-sedative/

🔹 Businesses Fight $17M Emissions Fines – State Bill 1269 sets aggressive carbon reduction targets for buildings, but property owners warn that compliance costs and daily fines could force businesses to close.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/colorado-building-owners-face-17-million-per-year-fine-under-energy-bill/

🔹 Veterinary Workforce Bill Faces Pushback – House Bill 1285 aims to address Colorado's vet shortage by creating a new class of veterinary professionals. Critics argue it lowers education standards while restricting what these professionals can do.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/colorado-veterinary-professional-associate-bill-sparks-debate-among-advocates-and-critics/

🔹 CMU Turning Point USA Sparks Debate – A conservative student group at Colorado Mesa University posted controversial poll questions in the cafeteria, igniting a debate over free speech versus hate speech. Students remain divided.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/hate-or-free-speech-cmu-students-react-to-local-turning-point-usa-polls/

National News:
🔹 Biden Autopen Scandal – Reports reveal that an autopen machine was used to sign executive orders and pardons. Critics question who is actually making key decisions in the White House.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/garbo-bidens-autopen-scandal-who-was-really-running-the-country/

🔹 JFK Assassination Files Released – Newly declassified documents reveal potential CIA involvement and a KGB investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald, raising fresh questions about the 1963 assassination.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/what-the-jfk-assassination-files-have-revealed-so-far-including-apparent-kgb-probe-into-lee-harvey-oswald/

🔹 Border Patrol Seizing More Eggs Than Fentanyl – Border officials report a surge in egg confiscations due to bird flu restrictions, outpacing fentanyl seizures. Critics say border security should focus on drug smuggling over food imports.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/03/border-patrol-has-seized-more-eggs-than-fentanyl-so-far-this-year/

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