The Mountain Minute: 5/13/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – May 13, 2025
Colorado's legislative session just ended, but the backlash is only beginning. From school data scandals and energy disputes to lawsuits and campaign shakeups—here’s your fast, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Legislative Session Fallout – New laws on guns, gender ideology, and immigration have ignited backlash across Colorado. Read our full breakdown of the 2025 Legislative Session!
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/the-good-the-bad-and-the-alarming-what-you-need-to-know-from-colorados-2025-legislative-session/

🔹 Pueblo D70 SEL Scandal – Parents in Pueblo are outraged after learning the district handed students’ emotional data to outside NGOs without consent. The $700K TRAILS-funded SEL program introduced pronoun worksheets to 3rd graders and bypassed public review.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/notarfrancesco-pueblo-d70-schools-handed-kids-emotional-data-to-political-ngos-without-parental-consent/

🔹 LPEA Election Heats Up – With ballots due May 20, members of La Plata Electric are voting amid frustration over a $209M buyout and a foreign energy deal. Critics say leadership abandoned “local control” and pushed costs onto ratepayers.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/lpea-special-election-mail-ballots-due-by-may-20-as-member-frustrations-grow/

🔹 DPS Closure Delay Controversy – Superintendent Marrero delayed releasing the school closure list, citing a need for October data. But records show the district used September numbers—and delayed the announcement until after voters approved a nearly $1B bond.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/dps-superintendent-marrero-delayed-closure-list-before-bond-vote-used-september-data-anyway/

🔹 Teller County Rebels – County commissioners sent a letter to the DOJ backing lawsuits against Colorado’s gun and immigration laws, claiming constitutional rights are being violated. They’re also asking for leniency if federal funding is cut off.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/teller-county-to-doj-dont-punish-rural-communities-for-denvers-sanctuary-policies/

🔹 2026 Races Take Shape – With every statewide office open next cycle, Colorado’s 2026 campaign season is officially underway. Both parties face packed primaries in gubernatorial and congressional races, including CD3 and CD8.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/statewide-and-congressional-contests-heat-up-early-as-candidates-line-up-for-2026/

National News:
🔹 Trump to Slash Drug Prices – President Trump teased what he’s calling the “most consequential executive order in U.S. history,” tying U.S. drug prices to the lowest paid worldwide—potentially cutting costs by up to 80%.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/trump-teases-most-consequential-executive-order-in-our-countrys-history/

🔹 American Hostage Freed – Hamas released 21-year-old Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza. He spent 583 days in captivity after the Oct. 7 attacks. His release came with no exchange, following pressure from the Trump administration.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/hamas-releases-last-living-american-hostage-edan-alexander/

🔹 U.S.-China Tariff Truce – Washington and Beijing agreed to a 90-day ceasefire in their trade war, slashing tariffs by over 100%. The temporary deal could ease inflation and reopen trade lines—but tensions remain.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/us-and-china-agree-to-slash-tariffs-temporarily-after-trade-talks/

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