Colorado: Independence Institute

Lower-level criminals could face less jail time under a sweeping prison sentencing reform lawmakers plan to unveil today, saying the proposal will cut incarceration costs.

Sen. John Morse's bill would lower penalties for nonviolent, property and drug offenses — some to the point of eliminating jail time altogether. It also would dial back the range on some felony sentences to pre-1985 levels and relax laws that put those on probation behind bars for minor mistakes.

District attorneys say the bill would encourage crime and that there's not enough time left in the legislative session to consider the 46-page overhaul of sentencing law.

Colorado Media Matters — the sole state-based outlet of a national, liberal nonprofit that takes the media to task for “conservative misinformation” — shut its doors this week so its parent organization could determine how to efficiently expand into other states, The Denver Post first reported Wednesday afternoon. The shake-up will allow Media Matters to determine “if we can find a more efficient way of doing this,” editorial director Bill Menezes told The Colorado Independent.

“I feel like I’m losing a stalker girlfriend,” said frequent Colorado Media Matters target Jon Caldera, who heads the libertarian Independence Institute and hosts a radio show on 850 KOA, in an interview with the Post.

Nearly two years after receiving notice from the Regional Transportation District that their property would be seized for light rail expansion, Kim Snyder and Galen Foster of Pro-Tint Windows in Lakewood are moving on.

According to the couple's attorney, Bob Hoban, the couple received $595,000 for their property plus an undisclosed sum for relocation further away from the proposed west corridor FasTracks line.

Snyder and Foster's property is located just south of Colfax on Wadsworth. It not only houses their small business, but also their home of the last 25 years. Snyder and Foster have devoted much of the last two years to a vocal fight to save their land, but

For the third time since President Barack Obama came to Denver to sign the nation's $787 billion stimulus bill three weeks ago, conservatives rallied Sunday on the steps of the state Capitol in Denver, this time announcing the creation of a new organization they say they hope will unite free market organizers in lobbying efforts over the next four years.

About 75 people attended the nearly two hour rally organized by members of the Gadsden Society, where speaker after speaker rallied against the nation's loss of economic and personal freedom. Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, a Republican, brought raves from the crowd as he intertwined his own personal story with a call to action for attendees.