Highlighting the need for legal services in rural and low-income communities across the country, CWAG Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman of Colorado and CWAG Associate Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts are leading a bipartisan group of 32 attorneys general urging Congress to oppose the proposed elimination of federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committees, the attorneys general noted that for more than 40 years, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the LSC has helped veterans and military families secure important benefits, supported survivors of domestic violence seeking safety, and assisted families facing foreclosure and victims of natural disasters. "The legal services provided by LSC are critical for low-income and vulnerable citizens in Colorado and for millions of people across the country," said Attorney General Coffman. "As a bipartisan group of attorneys general we have joined together to speak up for those people who need access to these services in order to protect their rights." The letter was signed by the Attorneys General of Massachusetts, Alaska, American Samoa, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

In an effort led by CWAG Associate Attorney General Jeff Landry of Louisiana, nine states are urging the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) to evaluate Obama-era consent decrees and ongoing civil rights cases with a goal of working collaboratively to end them. In a letter to United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions - Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia asked the USDOJ to implement internal policies allowing state and local authorities a corrective period to actively use more assistance letters as opposed to advocating for full federal take-overs. "When federal judges control our schools, prisons, and law enforcement agencies over the course of several years and in some instances decades - democracy suffers through the dilution of elected officials' accountability to voters," wrote Attorney General Landry. "By moving policy-making from the public arena to the shadows of a judicial conference room or the parties' negotiating table, political agendas that would otherwise have little public support can be mandated by federal authorities."