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Nancy Lavin

Nancy Lavin

Nancy Lavin is senior reporter covering state politics, energy and environmental issues for the Rhode Island Current. Rhode Island Current is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Federal judge sides with state AGs, agrees to temporarily block federal funding freeze

By: - January 31, 2025

The prospect of a federal funding freeze was put on ice by a federal judge in Rhode Island Friday afternoon. “The States have put forth sufficient evidence at this stage that they will likely suffer severe and irreparable harm if the Court denies their request to enjoin enforcement of the funding pause,” Chief Judge John […]