Mar 24, 2025 | 21 attorneys general | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | court order | Delaware | Department of Education | families | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | mass layoffs | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | Students | teachers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
AG Platkin Joins Coalition Seeking Preliminary Injunction to Block Mass Layoffs and the Elimination of Core Services at the U.S. Department of Education For Immediate Release: March 24, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For...
Mar 13, 2025 | “total shutdown” | Arizona | California | civil rights | college and university students | Colorado | Connecticut | court order | critical resources | Delaware | Discrimination | Executive Branch | families | financial aid | Hawaii | Higher Education | Illinois | K-12 | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | no legal authority | Oregon | personnel | quality education | resources | Rhode Island | rural communities | Sexual Assault | Students | teachers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | unconstitutional | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.
Mar 6, 2025 | Arizona | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | disaster relief funding | drug-trafficking enforcement | Funding Freeze Policy | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicaid funding | Memorandum | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | temporary restraining order (TRO) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general today won a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration to block its illegal policy freezing funding to states for essential federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. Judge John J. McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted the preliminary injunction after Attorney General Platkin and the coalition sued the Trump Administration to stop the funding freeze.
Mar 5, 2025 | Arizona | biomedical research | California | coalition of 22 attorneys genera | Colorado | Connecticut | cutting billions of dollars in funds | cutting-edge medical and public health research | Delaware | faculty | Hawaii | Illinois | infrastructure | lab | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Massachusetts v. NIH | Michigan | Minnesota | nationwide preliminary injunction | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | protects critical funds | Research Institutions | Rhode Island | the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Trump Administration | Universities | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country regardless of whether their states have joined the lawsuit.
Feb 28, 2025 | Arizona | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | critical safety needs | Cybersecurity | Delaware | emergency management | FEMA funding | fighting fires | flood mitigation | Hawaii | homeland security | Illegal Funding Freeze | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | motion for enforcement | Nevada | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | temporary restraining order (TRO) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington | wildfire prevention response | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Michael ZhadanovskyOAGpress@njoag.gov Second Motion to Enforce TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today...
