States have been unable to access millions of dollars in disaster relief funding since Feb. 7, a coalition of attorneys general said in a Friday court filing, asking a judge to force Trump to unlock the funds.
The freeze on Federal Emergency Management Agency spending is impacting wildfire prevention, flood mitigation, disaster preparedness, and other programs that support “essential health, safety, and welfare,” the coalition wrote in a motion.
They asked, for a second time, that Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island enforce his Jan. 31 restraining order temporarily blocking ...
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