The Mountain Minute: 4/11/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – April 11, 2025
Hosted by Team RMV
From quiet bill signings to bold budget moves, Colorado’s political scene is heating up—while national inflation cools off. Here’s what we’re covering today:

Colorado News:
🔹 SB25-003 Signed in Secret – Governor Polis signed the semi-automatic firearm ban behind closed doors. The law creates a gun registry and licensing system. Legal challenges are already underway.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/polis-signs-sb25-003-into-law-after-months-of-protest-and-95000-petitions/

🔹 HB1312’s Parental Rights Controversy – Critics warn that this bill allows courts to remove custody from parents who “misgender” their children, calling it a dangerous overreach of state power.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/garbo-with-hb25-1312-the-state-can-claim-your-kids-and-call-it-compassion/

🔹 Zoning Power Grab via HB25-1169 – A new housing bill would override local zoning rules, forcing development on church and school properties with no local say. Officials say it threatens community planning.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/hb25-1169-would-strip-local-control-override-zoning-to-force-housing-on-church-and-school-property/

🔹 Cherry Creek Republican Women Host Civic Forum – Local leaders discussed parental rights, infrastructure, and economic growth—plus big news: Centennial will welcome a new women’s pro soccer team and stadium in 2026.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/books-ballgames-and-bold-leadership-cherry-creek-republican-women-tackle-hot-topics/

🔹 Colorado House Passes $44B Budget – The budget includes spending for immigration, gun regulation, and... clown licensing? A traditional joke amendment passed, but many say the process itself feels like a circus.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/house-approves-44b-budget-gop-spending-cut-efforts-rejected/

🔹 Colorado Bishops Oppose Abortion Funding Bill – Catholic leaders urge Governor Polis to veto legislation allocating $1.5 million annually to abortion access, calling it morally unacceptable.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/colorado-bishops-urge-polis-to-veto-abortion-funding-bill/

National News:
🔹 Consumer Prices Drop Despite Tariffs – Trump’s critics predicted tarifflation—but March saw the first drop in consumer prices in nearly three years. Gas, travel, insurance, and used cars are all down.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-consumer-prices-fell-in-march-defying-predictions-of-tarifflation/

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