Judge Orders Immediate Release Of IRA, Infrastructure Funds Nationwide

Granting a request from environmentalists, a federal judge has ordered EPA and other agencies to immediately end their across-the-board funding freeze on funds issued under Biden-era laws in a first-of-its-kind nationwide injunction, an action that expands on another ruling that granted a similar request from states. In an April 15 preliminary injunction , Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island -- a Trump appointee -- blocked agencies’ implementation of a Jan. 20 executive...