CO considers major drug sentencing reform, $5 million in taxpayer savings

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  Colorado, Local Government, News, Personal liberty  /  No Comments

More than 1,100 people are suspected of receiving unemployment benefits in Illinois while they were in jail or prison and unable to work. The state's department of employment security now wants to recoup the $2 million they fraudulently collected.

By Calvin Thompson | Colorado Watchdog
Colorado is spearheading a change in the way drug offenses may be prosecuted, as a bipartisan effort in the Senate launched a bill that could lead to drastic sentencing reforms for drug offenders.
Senate Bill 250, which passed the Senate nearly unanimously last week, and was referred to the House Committee [...]

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PA House passes abortion coverage ban in state health insurance exchanges

By   /  April 23, 2013  /  abortion, Featured, Federal Government, Health Care, Issues, News, Pennsylvania, Personal liberty, State Budgets, State Government  /  No Comments

OBAMACARE: Pennsylvania has taken a step towards opting out of abortion coverage in the new federal health care exchanges

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – The state House gave bipartisan support to a bill that would block insurance plans offered through the state’s new health insurance exchanges from covering abortions.
Abortions would still be allowed in the event of rape, incest, or if the life of the mother was at risk, in line with [...]

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Drone war: Battle over UAVs hits Boston’s ground zero

By   /  April 19, 2013  /  Featured, News, Personal liberty, Wisconsin  /  2 Comments

DIVIDED: Retired Navy officer Phil Frank waves to cars entering Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, home of the Predator and Reaper drones, in March to show his support for troops as members of the Nevada Desert Experience group hold an anti-drone demonstration.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – You’ve got to hand it to Shahid Buttar.

Hours after bombs blew up the Boston Marathon and the United States’ sense of security, the executive director of the Northampton, Mass.-based Bill of Rights Defense Committee predicted that somebody would posit the belief that unmanned aircraft – a.k.a. drones – would have helped identify and track the killers.

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High drama: Small businesses face uphill battle in marijuana debate

By   /  April 12, 2013  /  Colorado, Featured, law enforcement, Local Government, News, Personal liberty  /  No Comments

Voto al favor de la marihuana: Denver, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

A full five months after Coloradans voted to treat marijuana like alcohol, it looks as if legislators might consider following through with it.

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Marijuana regulation loosely enforced in CO, here to stay

By   /  April 2, 2013  /  Colorado, Featured, Federal Government, News, Personal liberty  /  No Comments

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When Colorado first legalized medical marijuana in 2000, the state created a massive web of bureaucracy to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries.

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