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🎧 Mountain Minute – April 18, 2025
Hosted by Team RMV
Colorado’s culture war is heating up—from parental rights under threat to rising inflation and record drug deaths. Here’s what we’re tracking today:

Colorado News:
🔹 Parents and Pastors Rally Against HB25-1312 – Hundreds gathered at the Capitol to oppose the “Kelly Loving Act,” calling it a dangerous threat to parental rights, religious freedom, and free speech. The bill treats “misgendering” as discrimination and could impact custody cases.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/happening-today-parents-and-pastors-rally-at-capitol-to-stop-hb25-1312-from-becoming-law/

🔹 Rep. Rose Pugliese Leads the Conservative Push – House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese is building a grassroots movement while navigating single motherhood and the political minority. Her message: fight smarter and stay connected to the people.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/outnumbered-but-not-outmatched-house-minority-leader-puglieses-grassroots-push/

🔹 Fentanyl Crisis Deepens – A new report shows fentanyl-related deaths in Colorado are up 440% since the legislature decriminalized small-scale possession in 2019. Critics say the state failed to act, and lives are being lost.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/colorados-fentanyl-crisis-exposes-a-deadly-failure-of-leadership/

🔹 Denver Inflation Now Exceeds National Average – Consumer prices in Denver rose 0.22% in March, compared to the national 0.17%. Since 2020, inflation has cost the average household more than $45,000.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/new-data-shows-denvers-inflation-rising-above-national-average/

🔹 Tipped Wages Bill Heads to Polis – A bill allowing local governments to set wage rules for tipped workers has passed. Restaurant owners call it progress; critics say it could drive out jobs.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/colorado-legislature-passes-bill-punting-to-local-governments-on-how-much-restaurant-servers-are-paid/

National News:
🔹 Angel Moms Slam Sen. Van Hollen – After the senator flew to El Salvador to support a deported illegal alien, grieving U.S. families accused him of ignoring victims of cartel and gang violence back home.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/angel-moms-torch-maryland-sen-chris-van-hollen-for-visiting-el-salvador-for-illegal-alien-after-ignoring-their-daughters-murders-in-maryland/

🔹 Gen Z Shifts Right – A new Yale/Newsweek poll shows voters aged 18–21 now lean Republican by nearly 12 points. The shift could be decisive in 2026.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/04/yale-study-shows-young-people-ages-18-21-are-now-overwhelmingly-republican/

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