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Democratic AGs Win Fight to Keep Wind Energy Spinning Forward

A group of 18 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James, won summary judgment in their lawsuit to block a presidential directive suspending all federal approvals for wind energy projects. In its order granting summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts declared the executive order illegal and vacated it,…

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Democratic AGs Win Fight to Halt Dismantling of Four Federal Agencies

A group of 21 Democratic AGs, co-led by New York AG Letitia James, Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha, and Hawaii AG Anne Lopez, won summary judgment in their lawsuit to stop the implementation of an Executive Order that would effectively dismantle four federal agencies: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development…

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Democratic AGs Challenge DOJ Restrictions on Victim Services, Celebrate Separate Reversal on VOCA Funding

A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit challenging new US DOJ restrictions on the use of federal funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. According to the complaint, the restrictions would prevent states and service providers from providing funding under the Victims of Crime Act…

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Democratic AGs, Governors Power Up with DOE Funding Cap Win

The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment for a group of 18 Democratic AGs—along with the Governors of Pennsylvania and Kentucky—in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in which they sought to block a DOE policy capping funding for state-run energy programs’ indirect costs and fringe benefits.…

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