Trump Policies in Boulder

Understanding how the administration’s policies are impacting our local community

Updated July 17, 2025

July 2025

Colorado health insurance rates 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 Americans. This 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 incentives previously available to Boulder residents. Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, PBS, American Immigration Council, Streetsblog, 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

Termination of CU’s 35-year-old INVST program for climate justice. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab

City bracing for $10M budget shortfall, freezes most hiring through 2025. Source: Boulder Reporting Lab

May 2025

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

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