The Mountain Minute: 1/9/2026

🎧 Mountain Minute – January 9, 2026
This week’s stories raise pressing questions about speech, authority, and accountability — from taxpayer-funded institutions and gun policy to local governance and national protests. Here’s what unfolded in Colorado and beyond.

Colorado News:
🔹 CU Boulder funding and speech policies under scrutiny
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/fascist-regime-cu-boulder-newsletter-tests-university-speech-policies/

🔹 Colorado to enforce new gun and ammunition restrictions in 2026
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/colorado-to-enforce-new-gun-purchase-and-ammunition-restrictions-in-2026/

🔹 Gun storage increasingly framed as public health policy
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/when-gun-storage-becomes-public-health-policy-in-colorado/

🔹 Lawmakers brace for a contentious 2026 legislative session
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/old-divides-return-as-colorado-lawmakers-brace-for-contentious-2026-session/

🔹 Loveland resets homelessness policy
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/loveland-city-council-votes-to-reset-homelessness-policy/

🔹 Douglas County emphasizes local control without new home rule vote
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/douglas-county-commissioners-emphasize-local-control-without-new-home-rule-election/

🔹 Sean Pond enters Colorado U.S. Senate race
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/im-not-a-politician-montrose-commissioner-sean-pond-enters-u-s-senate-race/

National News:
🔹 DSA pushes pro-Maduro protests following U.S. arrest
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/denocratic-socialists-of-america-push-pro-maduro-protests-as-ties-to-nyc-mayor-draw-scrutiny/

🔹 Media omissions questioned after ICE agents targeted
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/01/08/media-reports-omit-key-detail-as-ice-agents-targeted-by-vehicle-attack/

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