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Court Dishes Out Legal Defeat to USDA in Democratic AG SNAP Funding Fight

A group of 20 Democratic AGs and the Governor of Kentucky obtained a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding during ongoing litigation over USDA’s demand that states disclose information from SNAP records about applicants and recipients. USDA had notified states that it would withhold significant…

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AGs Clash over EPA Rollbacks, Net-Zero Standards

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs, the city of Chicago, New York City, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing comments opposing the EPA’s proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule—which restricts emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants—and revert to the more lenient 2012 emission standards.

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