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Federal judge grants temporary restraining order to halt HHS cuts. What to know.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy said there was “quite voluminous” evidence that the cuts would do immeasurable harm nationwide, including in RI.
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A federal judge said Thursday she will grant a temporary restraining order requested by attorneys general and governors in 24 states that will keep in place for now the nearly $11 billion in public health grants – including $31 million for Rhode Island – that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled last week.
U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy said there was “quite voluminous” evidence that the cuts would do immediate and immeasurable harm to Americans across the country.
Her decision came at the end of a hearing in which a lawyer from the Rhode Island attorney general’s office presented a long list of current and impending impacts in states across the country that she said would happen if the grants were terminated, as HHS ordered last week.
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McElroy said she expected the states would take the next step and file a motion for a preliminary injunction as well, and she would give the government time to respond. But given the immediate and irreparable harm of the grant cuts now, “I don’t see how I can deny the temporary restraining order.”
