Phil Weiser is preparing a legal blitz to block President Trump's actions from hurting Colorado, the attorney general tells us in an exclusive interview. Why it matters: The state's top prosecutor is the front line in the blue-state resistance,

Colorado is set to receive around $81 million from a $7.4 billion preliminary settlement with Purdue Pharma, the company’s owners and members of the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis.

Attorney General Phil Weiser announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29 of seven grant awards being given to school districts to develop and test smartphone policies. The grants build on the

It's unclear yet which programs that receive federal funding are exempt from the freeze and which will be affected.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Tuesday said he will join other state attorneys general in a lawsuit to reverse a Trump administration attempt to freeze federal spending that’s already been allocated by Congress for programs ranging from education to health care to renewable energy.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the order from taking effect until Monday, but several states intend to stop it entirely.

Mesa Valley District 51 Superintendent Brian Hill speaks at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Wednesday while state Rep. Meghan Lukens and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser look on (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline).

Many of Colorado's elected leaders responded on Tuesday to a plan from the Trump administration to freeze federal grants and loans.

Democrats introduced two bills they say would protect Colorado renters by reigning in "price fixing" through the use of online algorithms and halt "deceptive" fees, even as the trade group

Mesa County Valley School District 51 has received a $50,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Law as a reward for its cell phone policy that began last fall.

A federal judge has temporarily halted a Trump Administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday

The Denver Indian Center Inc., and the Colorado Community Health Network have had federal funding frozen after the Trump Administration ordered a pause on federal grants and loans on Monday.