Judge temporarily blocks order cutting $31 million in public health funding to RIDOH

Judge temporarily blocks order cutting $31 million in public health funding to RIDOH

Last week, a judge decided to temporarily block a federal order that would have terminated $31 million in grant funding to the Rhode Island Department of Health. The next hearing on the order is set to take place on April 16.The grant funding was originally awarded to the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the funds have expanded to other pandemic prevention and public health initiatives.With infectious disease outbreaks around the …

Bipartisan Push to Restore $12 Billion in Health Funds

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks from Maryland, along with Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), have taken a stand against the Trump administration’s recent decision to retract $12 billion in public health funding. The group of bipartisan senators penned a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

Attorneys general secure order restoring $11 billion in critical public health funding

The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order that immediately restores $11 billion in critical public health funding to state and local public health agencies across the country, including Washington state.The temporary restraining order comes in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a coalition of 23 states, including Washington, and the District of Columbia against the Trump Administration’s U.S. Departme…

Bipartisan Push to Restore $12 Billion in Health Funds – The Windy City Word

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks from Maryland, along with Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), have taken a stand against the Trump administration’s recent decision to retract $12 billion in public health funding. The group of bipartisan senators penned a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

THURSDAY: Democratic AGs to Host Third Community Impact Hearing to Discuss Federal Government Overreach - Democratic Attorneys General Association

Portland, OR – On Thursday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will be joined by Arizona AG Kris Mayes to host the third in a series of multi-attorney general Community Impact Hearings. The hearing will be focused on how individuals have been harmed by the Trump administration thus far, including funding cuts, mass firings, and DOGE.  The Community Impact Hearing will be on Thursday, April 10, in Portland, Oregon at University Place Hotel at P…