The Mountain Minute: 4/15/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – April 15, 2025
Hosted by Team RMV
From parental rights to energy wins—and yes, Colorado paying dead people—here’s your rundown of the latest Colorado and national headlines.

Colorado News:
🔹 Parental Rights Under Fire – At the Rocky Mountain Summit, families shared disturbing stories of being ignored, shamed, or even threatened with custody loss under policies like HB25-1312. Critics say the bill weaponizes gender ideology against parents.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/hb25-1312-and-the-silencing-of-parents-what-the-rocky-mountain-summit-revealed/

🔹 Faith-Based Schools Lead the Way – Pastor Drake Hunter highlights how faith-driven schools are building safer, value-based learning environments by hiring with purpose and maintaining strong community standards.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/hunter-faith-driven-schools-are-proving-that-clarity-and-character-create-safe-campuses/

🔹 Rep. Rose Pugliese Defends Families – On Newsmax, Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese declared parental rights should transcend party lines. She warned that recent legislation is designed to strip authority away from moms and dads.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/house-minority-leader-pugliese-parental-rights-transcend-party-lines/

🔹 $7M in Medicaid Payments to Dead People – A federal audit revealed Colorado continued paying Medicaid for deceased enrollees between 2018 and 2020. State officials blame tech delays, but watchdogs see systemic waste.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/colorado-taxpayers-footed-7-3m-bill-for-dead-medicaid-enrollees-audit-finds/

🔹 Energy Boom Boosts Rural Colorado – The state’s all-of-the-above energy approach is creating jobs and economic momentum. Over 4,000 energy jobs were added in the last year—especially in the oil and gas sector.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/linnebur-rural-colorados-energy-boom-isnt-luck-its-leadership/

🔹 Another Transplanted Wolf Dies in Wyoming – A second gray wolf introduced from Canada has died after leaving Colorado. The reintroduction program is now under even more scrutiny from ranchers and wildlife advocates.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/cpw-confirms-second-gray-wolf-reintroduced-to-colorado-dies-in-wyoming/

National News:
🔹 Americans No Longer Trust Doctors – American Thinker argues that COVID-era lies, mandates, and political interference destroyed trust in the medical profession. Many Americans are now looking elsewhere for answers.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/joondeph-trust-me-im-a-doctor-doesnt-mean-what-it-used-to/

🔹 Christians Urged to Re-Engage Politically – In a bold op-ed, Michael Hancock says political apathy among Christians is unbiblical. He calls on believers to stand for truth and lead with courage in civic life.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/hancock-the-biblical-mandate-for-political-engagement/


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