The Mountain Minute: 7/1/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – July 1
Resignations, gas reserves, grocery strikes, and a $13B fentanyl crisis—Colorado’s heating up. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup.


🔹 Armagost Resigns — Rep. Ryan Armagost will vacate HD64 this September to relocate to Arizona for a new job and Second Amendment advocacy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/armagost-to-step-down-what-his-departure-means-for-house-district-64/


🔹 Gas Riches Locked Away — USGS confirms massive natural gas reserves in western Colorado, but Biden-era policies keep them untapped.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/usgs-confirms-massive-gas-reserves-under-federal-land-in-western-colorado/

🔹 Safeway Strike Spreads — Fort Morgan joins the union standoff, risking access to essentials for rural communities.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/union-demands-vs-rural-realities-safeway-strike-spreads-to-fort-morgan/

🔹 Denver Schools Under Fire — A legal twist could force transparency in DPS bond debt strategy.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/denver-public-schools-under-fire-legal-twist-could-force-transparency-in-school-debt-strategy/

🔹 New CO Laws Take Effect July 1 — From gun rules to income tax tweaks and renter protections, a slate of new policies rolls out.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/july-1-new-colorado-laws-take-effect-on-guns-courts-and-mental-health/

🔹 Defending Title IX — Jennifer Sey calls on women to fight back against the erasure of girls’ sports.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/sey-our-daughters-are-counting-on-us-to-stand-up-for-title-ix/

🔹 Fentanyl Fallout — Colorado faces a $13 billion burden from the fentanyl epidemic, impacting every corner of the state.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/27/the-13-billion-cost-of-fentanyl-to-colorados-families-budgets-and-communities/

🔹 RFK Jr. and Healthcare Reform — Dr. Joondeph says RFK Jr. may be the only candidate ready to cut red tape in medicine.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/30/joondeph-prior-authorization-is-gatekeeping-with-red-tape-can-rfk-jr-cut-it/

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