Mar 6, 2025 | Arizona | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | disaster relief funding | drug-trafficking enforcement | Funding Freeze Policy | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicaid funding | Memorandum | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | temporary restraining order (TRO) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general today won a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration to block its illegal policy freezing funding to states for essential federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. Judge John J. McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted the preliminary injunction after Attorney General Platkin and the coalition sued the Trump Administration to stop the funding freeze.
Mar 6, 2025 | California | Colorado | Complaint | Critical Teacher Training Programs | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maryland | Massachusetts | Montclair State University (MSU) | multistate | New York | Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant programs | Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) | The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) | The Teacher Quality Partnership grants | Trump Administration | U.S. Education Department (USED) | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey is joining with California and Massachusetts to co-lead a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its illegal early termination of U.S. Education Department (USED) grants to fund critical teacher preparation programs.
Mar 5, 2025 | Arizona | biomedical research | California | coalition of 22 attorneys genera | Colorado | Connecticut | cutting billions of dollars in funds | cutting-edge medical and public health research | Delaware | faculty | Hawaii | Illinois | infrastructure | lab | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Massachusetts v. NIH | Michigan | Minnesota | nationwide preliminary injunction | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | protects critical funds | Research Institutions | Rhode Island | the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Trump Administration | Universities | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country regardless of whether their states have joined the lawsuit.
Mar 5, 2025 | “Dear Colleague" letter | 15 attorney general | academic interests | Accessibility Initiatives | California | colleges | Connecticut | Delaware | diverse equitable inclusive and accessible educational experiences | Diversity | Equity | family background | financial means and socioeconomic status | geographic residency | Illinois | Inclusion | K-12 schools | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Multistate Guidance for Schools | Nevada | New York | Oregon | parental education level | Rhode Island | Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | Universities | Vermont | Bias and Discrimination | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance to help K-12 schools, colleges, and universities understand the legality, viability, and importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies and practices in education.
Mar 5, 2025 | addiction and substance abuse disorders | and Gutierrez Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) | CDS | CDS processing and packaging | Conspiracy | DCJ | digital scales | Division of Criminal Justice | fentanyl | grinders | heroin | Indictment | Lodi | NJ CARES | North New Jersey | Office of Alternative and Community Responses (OACR) | Office of the New Jersey Coordinator of Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies | Operation Helping Hand | opioid epidemic | Opioid Mills | Paterson | Racketeering | Rodriguez | rubber bands | Sanchez | sifters | wax folds | wood-handle stamps and ink pads | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Division of Criminal Justice | NJ CARES | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice announced a 53-count state grand jury indictment charging 20 people for their alleged roles in operating opioid mills in North Jersey.
Mar 4, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Brook Hollow Drive | cyclist death | Evidence | Fatal Crash | Grand Jury | Hackettstown | Hackettstown Medical Center | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Long Valley | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | testimony | Willow Grove Street | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a cyclist who died following a February 5, 2024 crash in Hackettstown, New Jersey, involving a member of the New Jersey State Police (NJSP).
