attorney general phil weiser
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Colorado fights federal campaign to stop SNAP from going to illegal aliens, certain noncitizens
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Colorado joined 21 other states in a lawsuit seeking to undo the Trump administration’s campaign to stop taxpayer-funded food aid from going to individuals illegally staying in the U.S., arguing the move also implicated a group of noncitizens who should be eligible to get the benefits under the law. At issue is a guidance from…
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Colorado sues Trump administration over disaster relief funding
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Colorado joined 11 other states in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency over grant funding for emergency and disaster relief. The lawsuit, which also named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and acting FEMA administrator David Richardson, alleged the agencies and the Trump administration imposed “illegal and impossible-to-meet” terms…
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Nebraska says Colorado is stealing its water
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The fight over Nebraska’s attempt to seize privately-owned land in northeastern Colorado persisted this week, with Nebraska accusing Colorado of stealing its water in a filing Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue deals with the Perkins County canal, a proposed 109-mile ditch stretching from Ovid in Sedgwick County and across the Colorado-Nebraska state…
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Colorado joins 22-state lawsuit to restore SNAP benefits amid government shutdown
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Colorado joined a lawsuit filed by states against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to attempt to force the restart of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Those benefits are set to expire on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown. That could leave 600,000 Coloradans — 10% of the state population — without the…
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Colorado responds to Nebraska’s ‘unserious’ Supreme Court lawsuit over water diversion
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Colorado has filed its response to what it called an “unserious” lawsuit filed by the state of Nebraska over its efforts to build a canal that would acquire land from Colorado property owners in northeastern Colorado. The lawsuit is tied to a 1923 compact between Colorado and Nebraska over the South Platte River. In its…
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Colorado will keep fighting Kroger, Albertsons as proposed merger falls apart
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After weeks of arguing in a Denver courtroom over the statewide effects of what could have been the largest grocery merger in the U.S., it’s still unclear what a local judge will rule. But for Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, the state has basically won. On Wednesday morning, Safeway’s parent company Albertsons announced it is…
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Colorado attorney general announces $350 million settlement with opioid marketing company
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Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a $350 million settlement on Thursday with Publicis, a big healthcare marketing company, over its role in the opioid epidemic. The national settlement will result in almost $6 million to the state of Colorado to help address the opioid crisis, according to a news release from Weiser’s office Thursday. Publicis…
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Kathryn Starnella, who ‘never does anything halfway,’ ceremonially sworn in as federal judge
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Before Kathryn A. Starnella moved to Colorado more than a decade ago to clerk for a federal judge, she prepared for the job by volunteering at the federal court in Chicago. Then when Colorado’s U.S. District Court announced last year that she would be joining the bench as a magistrate judge, Starnella spent her free…
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Colorado, other states call on court to block Idaho’s abortion travel ban
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Colorado is weighing in on a legal battle against Idaho’s new law restricting a minor’s ability to cross state lines to receive an abortion. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a brief Monday in support of a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s law, which makes it a crime for adults to help minors obtain abortion pills, or for…
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Attorney general requested to investigate Edgewater Police Department
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First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King announced Thursday that she submitted a formal request to Attorney General Phil Weiser to open a “pattern and practice” investigation into the Edgewater Police Department after alleged misconduct. On Sept. 14, 2021, King launched an investigation after an EPD officer reported several misconduct allegations in the department, according to a…
