Illinois

States sue over disaster funding tied to elections

More than two dozen states, led by Rhode Island and including Illinois, are suing the Trump administration to block conditions that tie federal disaster funding to changes in election rules and cooperation with immigration enforcement, arguing the measures violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution’s spending clause. The filings note proposed DHS demands like hand-marked ballots and voter-roll disclosures, and come after prior court defeats for similar funding-punishment strategies.