Trump Policies in Boulder

Updated July 21, 2025

July 2025

“Big Beautiful Bill” brings Boulder cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other services. More: Boulder Reporting Lab.

KGNU in Boulder is one of 52 broadcasting stations in Colorado significantly short of funding now that Trump has eliminated a 50-year bipartisan commitment to public radio. More: Colorado Sun

Dozens of Boulder federal workers were fired under Trump. Now they’re struggling to get unemploym

Dozens of Boulder federal workers were fired under Trump. Now they’re struggling to get unemployment. More: Boulder Reporting Lab

Colorado health insurance rates are expected to skyrocket after budget bill slashes health spending. More: Colorado Public Radio

Trump’s “big bill” eliminates vast nationwide services and protections by cutting $4.5 trillion in taxes for the wealthy while adding $3 trillion in spending to be paid by future generations. That includes $170 billion earmarked for deporting 1 million people per year and establishing widespread surveillance. The bill also eliminates tax credits for electric vehicles, EV chargers, solar panels, battery backups, and the bike commuting benefit, all previously available to Boulder residents. Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, PBS, American Immigration Council, Streetsblog, Letters from an American, Boulder County

Trump and Republicans in Congress eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars from Colorado’s budget. Source: Colorado Politics

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains suspends Medicaid services as federal spending law takes effect. Source: 9 News

NOAA budget request eliminates Boulder climate labs and slashes hundreds of jobs. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Trump is gutting weather science and reducing disaster response. Source: NYTimes

Trump administration announces freeze of $6.8 billion for K-12 schools. Source: Colorado Newsline

June 2025

Trump’s latest budget proposal could gut climate and weather research in Colorado. Source: Colorado Public Radio

Treasured public lands near Boulder could be sold under Senate Republicans’ proposal—including Switzerland and Sourdough trails, Sport Park, parts of Left Hand Creek and Boulder Creek, and ski terrain in Caribou Ranch. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

City is bracing for $10M budget shortfall and freezing most hiring through 2025, in response to weakening economic conditions including a historic drop in consumer confidence and predicted recession. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab, City of Boulder

May 2025

Boulder environmental justice programs gutted after EPA slashes climate equity funding. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder environmental justice programs gutted after EPA slashes climate equity funding. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder’s only youth homeless shelter shuts down due to funding challenges. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab

Boulder braces for budget strain as revenue slows and federal funds hang in limbo. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder councilmember loses job to federal research cuts in a very intentional attack on science. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Federal arts funding cuts hit Boulder’s Motus Theater and its youth incarceration show. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

The first 100 days of Trump have been marked by a flurry of executive orders, aggressive immigration policies, a rapid shrinking of the federal government via DOGE, and what some legal scholars warn is a shift towards authoritarianis—all felt in Boulder. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Federal cuts to science and labor hit home. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder sex ed summer camp canceled after national  right-wing backlash, organizers cite safety concerns. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab

April 2025

AmeriCorps funding cut hits Boulder Library’s digital navigator program. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder companies brace for business-ending tariff fallout. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

NOAA Boulder faces deep budget cuts. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Rumors of DOGE inspectors at NOAA Boulder spark protest amid fears of deep budget cuts/ Source: Boulder Reporting Lab

CDC shuttered a long-running initiative that offered a broad picture of injuries across the country based on ER records collected from about 100 hospitals. More: NPR

Trump administration’s push to eliminate DEI programs in schools could jeopardize more than $10.5 million in Boulder Valley School District funding. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder-based NOAA workers fired again as courts clear way for probationary dismissals. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder’s federal workforce is in crisis after firings under the Trump administration. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

Boulder County may lose $267K in vaccine and disease tracking funds due to Trump health cuts. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

March 2025

Federal funding cuts could hit Boulder hard and are creating uncertainty. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

February 2025

Federal job fears grow in Boulder. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab 

DACA uncertainty and ICE crackdowns leave CU Boulder’s undocumented students in limbo. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab