R.I. leaders are planning their next move after feds withhold $30M in K-12 funding

Rhode Island’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner said he believes the Trump administration’s latest funding freeze will be litigated in the courts — with a filing likely within the next few days.

“I have had conversations already with our state’s attorney general and I know he has been in discussions with other states across the country,” he said.

Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office is already involved in a multi-state lawsuit filed in April against the U.S. Department of Education filed in U.S. District Court in Boston after the Trump administration threatened to withhold $116 million in funding for Rhode Island over diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. [...] Read full article.