The Mountain Minute: 5/9/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – May 9, 2025
From courtrooms to classrooms, wolves to the world stage—here’s your sharp, fast, and unfiltered update from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Wolves Return—And Multiply – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is tracking up to four potential wolf dens statewide. Ranchers warn that the reintroduction could threaten livestock and reshape land use in the West.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/cpw-tracks-four-suspected-wolf-dens-ranchers-brace-for-more-uncertainty/


🔹 Doctors Warn Against Gender Mandates – A new op-ed by medical professionals criticizes the push for “gender-affirming” care mandates, arguing they’re politically driven and put kids at risk of irreversible harm.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/cole-the-hidden-risks-of-gender-affirming-care-demand-colorados-restraint/


🔹 Trans Athlete Policy Stirs School Debate – A rural Colorado school district is proposing new rules for transgender athletes, calling for fairness in girls’ sports amid unclear federal guidance.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/school-board-in-el-paso-county-moves-to-restrict-transgender-athletes-citing-safety-and-fairness/


🔹 Financial Literacy Now a Graduation Requirement – In a rare show of bipartisanship, lawmakers passed a bill requiring Colorado high schoolers to learn the basics of personal finance before graduating.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/money-matters-colorado-lawmakers-pass-bill-adding-financial-literacy-to-graduation-requirements/


🔹 Judicial Oversight Showdown – Governor Polis’ appointee to oversee judicial discipline was rejected by the state Senate after concerns she helped shield misconduct tied to a major court scandal. She’ll step down June 30.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/colorado-senate-rejects-judicial-discipline-appointee-over-misconduct-cover-up-ties-approves-another/

National News:
🔹 Trump Unveils U.S.-UK Trade Pact – President Trump announced a new trade deal slashing tariffs and ramping up pressure on the EU. He called it “an incredible day for America.”
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/trump-unveils-new-uk-trade-deal-calls-it-incredible-day-for-america/


🔹 First American Pope Elected – History was made at the Vatican as Cardinal Robert Francis Provost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/vatican-conclave-elects-first-american-pope/

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