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🎧 Mountain Minute – September 17, 2025
This week brought lawsuits, school safety battles, property rights disputes, and major policy shifts. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Shots for Freedom lawsuit – Gun owners in Colorado Springs are combining culture and legal action with a two-day event funding the lawsuit against Polis’ new permit-to-purchase law.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/lawsuit-and-liberty-on-the-line-as-shots-for-freedom-launches-in-colorado-springs/

🔹 District 49 fallout – Two staffers are on leave after allegedly approving of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in front of students. Leaders call it a clear violation of standards.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/district-49-staff-disciplined-over-alleged-approval-of-charlie-kirk-assassination/

🔹 Evergreen safety boost – After last week’s shooting, Evergreen High will now get a full-time school resource officer, answering parents’ calls for stronger protection.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/evergreen-high-secures-full-time-school-resource-officer-for-added-protection/

🔹 Teller County greenhouse fight – A couple faces fines and a lawsuit over their 2,800-square-foot greenhouse, which they say is a religious ministry protected under state law.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/religious-freedom-and-property-rights-collide-in-teller-county-dispute/

🔹 Custody rights ruling – Colorado’s Court of Appeals found a Denver judge wrongly stripped a father of custody, saying the burden of proof was unfairly shifted.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/appeals-court-finds-denver-judge-improperly-terminated-fathers-custody-rights/

🔹 Denver’s $3.6B budget – Mayor Johnston pledges stability, trimming tech contracts and shifting migrant funds while promising no new taxes.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/mayors-3-6-billion-plan-pledges-fiscal-stability-for-denver/

🔹 Progressive tax push – Democrats are pushing a new “progressive tax,” but critics warn it would deepen burdens already hitting low-income families hardest.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/colorado-democrats-push-progressive-tax-while-low-income-families-already-carry-heavier-burden/

National News:
🔹 JD Vance tribute – The Vice President honored Charlie Kirk, urging Americans to “have faith and be bold” in carrying his legacy forward.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/jd-vance-urges-faith-and-boldness-in-tribute-to-charlie-kirk/

🔹 Assassin charged – Utah prosecutors unveiled sweeping charges against Tyler Robinson, including capital murder and witness tampering.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/utah-prosecutors-announce-sweeping-charges-against-kirks-accused-assassin/

🔹 $50B rural health plan – RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announced a massive effort to rebuild rural health care, promising innovation, prevention, and new models of care.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/09/16/rfk-jr-and-dr-oz-unveil-50b-plan-to-transform-collapsing-rural-health-care/

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