Colorado Attorney General
LightNews LightNews
banner
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Colorado Attorney General
@coattnygeneral.bsky.social
360 followers 140 following 160 posts
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office serves as the 'People’s Lawyer,' advancing the rule of law, protecting democracy, and promoting justice for all. AG Phil Weiser has been the state’s chief legal officer since 2019.
Posts Replies Media Videos
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
We all want good deals. When shopping Black Friday discounts online today, make sure to verify marketplace listings, especially on third party websites. If you spot a scam, report it: https://bit.ly/4ophq7x
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
From our family at the Colorado Department of Law to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Today, Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government from unlawfully cutting off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for thousands of lawful permanent residents: https://bit.ly/4ok2qaT
Attorney General Phil Weiser sues to block unlawful SNAP eligibility guidance.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Weiser is suing HUD over abrupt policy changes that slash funding for permanent housing, add unlawful conditions, and threaten support for tens of thousands—including 2,600 Coloradans. These actions are cruel, callous, and will worsen homelessness. Read more: https://bit.ly/43QGcWI
Seal of the Colorado Attorney General above text 'AG Weiser sues HUD over federal policy that would push more people into homelessness', set against a background of house silhouettes.
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Colorado just secured a major win for survivors.

AG Weiser and a coalition of states stopped DOJ from imposing restrictions that could have cut off vital services for people escaping domestic and sexual violence.

Survivors can keep getting life-saving help. More: https://bit.ly/3XKSc8C
A person holding a purple ribbon in their cupped hands, with the logo of the Attorney General of Colorado in the upper left corner and text stating "AG Weiser wins critical services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors."
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Instawork will pay $400K after misclassifying workers and failing to pay unemployment premiums. This first-of-its-kind settlement under the Colorado False Claims Act holds them accountable and ensures fair treatment for Colorado workers. Read more: https://bit.ly/48kMVtq
News update image featuring the Colorado Attorney General's office logo, with a background showing workers in a warehouse with shelves stocked with goods. The headline states 'Instawork to pay $400K in back unemployment insurance payments under settlement with AG Weiser, state labor department.'
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Weiser won a major court victory blocking the Trump administration from dismantling federal agencies that support libraries, museums, minority-owned businesses, workers, and people experiencing homelessness. The court found the actions unlawful. Read the order: https://bit.ly/3MfruCs
Image depicting two individuals in a library looking at a book together, with a text overlay announcing 'AG Weiser wins lawsuit stopping elimination of four vital federal agencies. Court bars Trump administration from dismantling federal agencies supporting, minority-owned businesses, libraries, museums, workers, and services for the unhoused.' The seal of the Colorado Attorney General is also visible.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Weiser joins community leaders for a town hall on youth online safety tomorrow in Boulder.

📅 Thursday, Nov. 20
🕡 6:30–8:30 p.m.
📍 First United Methodist Church, Boulder
🎧 Spanish interpretation available
🔗 Tickets are free. Register here: https://bit.ly/48mH7AC
Social Media, Chatbots and the Risks Facing Our Kids: A Town Hall
A Town Hall with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty, and Impacted Families
www.eventbrite.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
“When corporate landlords share private data and use algorithms to coordinate and jack up rent prices, renters pay the price,” said AG Weiser, announcing a $7M settlement with Greystar for allegedly driving up rents through anticompetitive, algorithm-based pricing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4r7ID0U
Image of a modern apartment building with the State of Colorado Attorney General's logo at the top left. Text overlay announces AG Weiser's $7M settlement with Greystar for a price-fixing scheme affecting Colorado rents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Weiser urges SCOTUS to keep the FTC independent, arguing that allowing presidents to fire commissioners at will would undermine consumer protection and fair competition.

Read the multistate brief: https://bit.ly/4i02yL7
Person holding US currency with text overlay discussing AG Weiser's call on SCOTUS to protect the FTC's independence, supported by Colorado and 22 states for consumer protection and market fairness.
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Today, AG Phil Weiser announced a proposed settlement with PetSmart resolving allegations of deceptive training programs that prevented employees from leaving the company for years, or risk paying thousands of dollars: https://bit.ly/4hVy9xu
Attorney General Phil Weiser, PetSmart reach settlement after investigation into dog groomer training programs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Colo. students are showing up for one another. In the 2024–2025 school year, Safe2Tell received a record 31,177 reports. This is proof that when something doesn’t feel right, students are choosing to speak up instead of stay silent.

Learn more in the latest annual report: https://bit.ly/3WSJwg1
Promotional poster featuring a student holding books in a school hallway with text highlighting that last year, Colorado students chose to do something 31,177 times, according to the Safe2Tell Colorado annual report for the 2024-2025 school year.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
The debt we owe our veterans is immeasurable. Throughout our nation's storied history, one thing has remained a constant: that our brave men & women in uniform have sacrificed greatly for everything we hold dear. To all our vets here in Colorado and across the country, thank you!
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
A federal court ruled for Colorado and partner states, striking down an unlawful DOE policy that threatened funding for state-run energy programs.

AG Phil Weiser co-led the case, defending clean energy progress and lowering costs for families.

Court's opinion and order: https://bit.ly/3WRdpNN
Graphic showing a landscape with solar panels in the foreground and wind turbines in the background. Text overlay states 'Court sides with Colorado in energy funding case,' emphasizing a legal victory for state-run energy programs and clean energy investments. Seal of the Colorado Attorney General is displayed in the corner.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
The rule of law matters — and so do people’s lives. AG Weiser applauds today's federal court ruling requiring the USDA to fully fund SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, protecting over 600,000 Coloradans who rely on them. More: https://bit.ly/49Dozgz
Quote from Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General, expressing relief at a First Circuit court decision sustaining SNAP benefits despite the Trump administration's attempts to end them. The background is blue with a decorative border.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Weiser announced today a settlement with Climb Investco, a private education lender, for deceiving students about the quality of the programs it financed.

Colorado is standing up for student borrowers. Read more: https://bit.ly/47Fw1W0
Image featuring a graduation cap on top of US dollar bills with a text overlay that reads: 'NEWS UPDATE - AG Weiser secures settlement with a private education lender over deceptive student loan practices.' Seal of the Colorado Attorney General in the top left corner.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
As SNAP benefits are cut and delayed during the shutdown, AG Phil Weiser is directing $400K from a Dollar General settlement to Colorado DHS to strengthen food banks—expanding refrigeration, storage, and volunteer support statewide.

To find out more: https://bit.ly/4nNuQK9
Image showing an adult and a child at a grocery store, reaching for items on a shelf. Overlay text reads: NEWS UPDATE - AG Weiser directs $400K in settlement funds to strengthen Colorado's food security system amid SNAP cuts.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Phil Weiser recently secured three big wins for Colorado:
✅ Protected transportation funding: https://bit.ly/3XjUYBn
✅ Defended health and pregnancy prevention education: https://bit.ly/47ZhGF6
✅ Preserved student mental health funding: https://bit.ly/3JNwBJl
#defendingcolorado
Promotional graphic for the Colorado Attorney General's office with a mountain background. It highlights three major court wins: "Protected transportation and infrastructure funding," "Defended inclusive sexual health education," and "Preserved student mental health funding." The logo "Defending Colorado" is displayed at the top. Graphic titled "Fighting for Colorado's transportation funding," featuring a checkmark and text discussing a federal court decision that blocked unlawful attempts to tie immigration enforcement to federal transportation funding. Essential information includes how this protects Colorado's transportation projects and keeps political influence out. Footer includes "Defending Colorado" and a link to co.gov. Graphic titled "Fighting for student health education" featuring a checkmark. Text highlights a federal judge blocking unlawful efforts against comprehensive sexual health and pregnancy prevention programs, ensuring Colorado schools can continue evidence-based education for all students, including LGBTQ+ youth. Bottom of the graphic includes "Defending Colorado" and a web address, www.coag.gov. Promotional graphic titled "Fighting for youth mental health support" featuring a large red checkmark. It discusses how a federal judge blocked illegal cuts to $1 billion for K-12 student mental health services nationwide, with special mention of Colorado's $10 million allocation for rural schools and high need districts.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Today, SCOTUS heard arguments on presidential tariff powers. Colorado joined 11 states to challenge unlawful tariffs & the so-called “emergency” claim behind them. These tariffs are already driving up costs for hard-working Coloradans and small businesses. #DefendingColorado
Image featuring the seal of the Attorney General of Colorado, cattle grazing in northwest Colorado at sunset, and a silhouette of a construction worker. Text overlay states 'AG Weiser seeks to halt tariffs in landmark case at U.S. Supreme Court.'
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Today, AG Weiser joined 12 AGs in suing DHS & FEMA for unlawfully imposing impossible-to-meet terms on critical emergency management and disaster relief funds. Colorado has over $28M in critical funding tied up over these restrictions. https://bit.ly/43aBJxQ #defendingcolorado
Image featuring a graphic with the seal of the Colorado AG and a background of a Colorado wildfire at night. Text overlay states 'Attorney General Phil Weiser again challenges illegal terms to emergency management and disaster relief funds.'
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
AG Phil Weiser & Denver DA John Walsh announced that a statewide grand jury indicted a 36-year-old man. The indictment alleges the defendant contacted hundreds of women & girls online to attempt to recruit them to take part in a sex trafficking ring. https://bit.ly/47D9kBU
Logo of the Attorney General of Colorado above a gavel and scales of justice, with a headline "Los Angeles man indicted for organized crime violation and attempting to pimp Colorado women."
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Colo. joined a multistate lawsuit to stop new federal rules threatening Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

17K Coloradans — such as teachers, nurses & first responders — have had $1.2B in student loans forgiven. That promise must be honored.

https://bit.ly/48W2OZd
#DefendingColorado
Quote about protecting public servants from undermining tactics, attributed to Attorney General Phil Weiser, against a backdrop featuring the Colorado Attorney General seal and an image of a teacher helping two students with reading.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
Happy Halloween from the Colorado Department of Law!
Happy Halloween graphic featuring a spider on the CO Department of Law building.
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
A federal court agreed with AG Phil Weiser and a coalition of states: the USDA must use contingency funds to provide SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

Read more: https://bit.ly/47AOvXF
#defendingcolorado
An adult and a child smiling while shopping for groceries, holding a milk jug in a store aisle, with a text overlay mentioning a court order for the USDA to fund SNAP food benefits after states sue, under the Colorado Attorney General seal.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
coattnygeneral.bsky.social
When the economy gets political, Colorado families pay the price.
AG Phil Weiser is leading a coalition defending the Federal Reserve’s independence to protect jobs, savings, and economic stability.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/47x8rdQ
#defendingcolorado
Image of the Federal Reserve building with a caption stating, "AG Weiser defends Federal Reserve's independence in Supreme Court case." The U.S. flag flies above the building on a clear day.
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM