The Mountain Minute: 9/5/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – September 5
From schools and housing to faith and freedom, here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Faith & freedom fight – Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly defies the Freedom From Religion Foundation, defending a Grandparents4Kids story hour as community, not church-state violation.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/freedom-from-religion-foundation-tried-to-cancel-grandparents4kids-library-event-but-douglas-county-sheriff-showed-up-instead/

🔹 Energy control – Polis’ unelected board moves to give Xcel power over appliances in your home. Critics warn “energy choice” could be stripped away.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/colorados-unelected-energy-board-moves-to-give-xcel-control-over-your-appliances/

🔹 Housing squeeze – Section 8 vouchers hitting $4,000/month while earnings lag. Families priced out as costs soar.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/section-8-pays-colorado-rents-near-4000-per-month-as-critics-call-for-reform/
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/coloradans-priced-out-of-housing-as-costs-outpace-earnings/

🔹 Schools report card – Small gains in district ratings, but 176 schools remain on the accountability clock.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/state-report-highlights-progress-and-ongoing-challenges-in-colorado-schools/

🔹 Ideology vs. biology – Critics say transgender dogma in classrooms risks long-term harm to kids.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/when-biology-meets-ideology-why-transgenderism-is-rooted-in-magical-thinking/

🔹 Denver food churn – August saw a wave of openings and closings as inflation and crime hit restaurants hard.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/mile-high-city-food-scene-sees-turnover-with-august-openings-and-closings/

🔹 Wildfire aid – USDA steps in with disaster relief for Colorado producers.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/usda-disaster-aid-available-for-colorado-producers-after-wildfire-losses/

National News:
🔹 Pfizer push – Trump demands immediate release of COVID vaccine data, calling for transparency.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/trump-calls-for-transparency-pfizer-must-share-vaccine-data-immediately/

🔹 Boosters without notes – Polis orders pharmacies to keep administering COVID boosters without doctor approval, sparking criticism.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/04/polis-issues-order-to-keep-pharmacies-administering-covid-boosters-without-doctors-note/

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