There's so much happening in politics right now.

So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

We saw at least nine state AGs rubbing shoulders with representatives from Coke industries, big tobacco, payday lenders, and the NRA.

The dress code? Resort Casual.

CBS News reviewed 88 donations over $50,000 and found more than half of the donors had

matters under consideration by a state attorney general or had recently settled.

Americans don't talk about Attorney Generals very much.

Many of us don't know who our State Attorney General is or what they do, but AGs have the

power to shape our daily lives.

An Attorney General is basically the top legal expert in their state, and the law is supposed to be fair and unbiased.

But that report from CBS, about a recent gathering put on by the Republican Attorneys

General Association, shows that some of the people who are supposed to be standing up for

justice are actually doing anything but that. But here's the good news.

In almost all states, it's we the people who get to elect our attorney generals.

Technically, it's attorneys general, like sisters-in-law instead of sister-in-laws.

But don't get hung up on the wording.

It's what AGs actually do that matters so much.

There's also a US Attorney General who is appointed by the president,

but that's a topic for a different day.

Today we're talking about state attorney generals.

So what exactly is a state attorney general?

What good or harm can they do? And why is it so

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