US EditionMaine among states suing HHS, RFK Jr. over $11 billion funding cut
- A coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against HHS and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- The Trump administration's decision to terminate nearly $12 billion in public health grants prompted the legal action.
- The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, seeks a temporary restraining order to halt the grant terminations.
- HHS justified the cuts by stating the COVID-19 pandemic's end, while the lawsuit argues the terminations violate federal law.
- The grant terminations already caused layoffs and threaten public health programs, potentially impacting rural communities the most.
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Donald Trump’s cuts throw a contentious Maine budget into more chaos
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine lawmakers were already facing tricky decisions on what to add to an $11.3 billion budget before adjourning in June. But President Donald Trump’s sudden move to cut $12 billion in public health grants for states, including $91 million for Maine, will put even more pressure on the Democratic-controlled Legislature as it decides over the next two months on how to spend a relatively small pot of $127 million in remaining reven…
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