The Mountain Minute: 9/3/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – September 3
From energy to education, taxes to law enforcement—Colorado families are footing the bill while leaders play politics. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup.

Colorado News:
🔹 Budget bleeding – Governor Polis slashed $250M in cuts, with Medicaid losing nearly $80M. Providers warn fewer doctors will take patients, while Polis blames federal tax changes for a $783M shortfall.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/polis-budget-cuts-threaten-health-care-access-for-medicaid-patients/

🔹 Drug pricing under fire – Hospitals pulled in nearly $2B from Colorado’s 340B program, but uncompensated care is still soaring. Critics say the program helps institutions, not patients.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/uncompensated-care-meets-340b-colorados-numbers-force-a-reckoning/

🔹 Durango school fight – Training materials asking “Are you racist?” sparked parent backlash over divisive ideology. Stay tuned for Heidi Ganahl’s video series on Durango schools this week.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/are-you-racist-the-durango-school-board-thinks-so/

🔹 Coal vs. mandates – Pueblo County pleads with Trump to preserve a coal plant they call vital for jobs, tax revenue, and grid reliability.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/pueblo-county-urges-trump-to-step-in-to-preserve-coal-plant/

🔹 Denver crime crisis – Denver named one of the 10 most dangerous U.S. cities as violent crime climbs despite city claims of progress.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/denver-highlighted-as-one-of-10-u-s-cities-with-highest-crime-rates/

🔹 Nuclear answer? – A new commentary argues nuclear power could give Colorado reliable, secure energy—if leaders act.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/nuclear-energy-presents-a-security-solution-colorado-cant-afford-to-overlook/

National News:
🔹 Space Command shift – Reports say Trump plans to relocate Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, sparking fears for Colorado’s military community.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/sources-say-trump-plans-to-relocate-space-command-from-colorado-springs-to-huntsville/

🔹 Labor Day fizzle – Anti-Trump protests at the Capitol drew only a small crowd, raising questions about progressive momentum.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/labor-day-protest-at-capitol-draws-small-crowd-targeting-trump-and-billionaires/

🔹 Teen jobs vanish – Rising minimum wages are pushing teen unemployment back to pandemic levels as businesses scale back entry-level jobs.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/02/rising-minimum-wages-push-teen-unemployment-to-pandemic-levels/

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