Anthony G. Brown: “I want to thank you for your commitment to a big and bold approach to our Nation's infrastructure.”

This ruling makes clear that the federal government cannot impose unlawful financial barriers that make it harder to recruit the teachers, doctors, researchers, nurses, and other essential workers Marylanders rely on every day.

Such bans deny young people the simple joy of playing alongside their peers and participating fully in one of the most meaningful parts of childhood.

The ruling safeguards services communities rely on to educate students, preserve parks and care for the elderly from unlawful and reckless cuts.

Cutting off that funding does not merely eliminate a budget line. It means fewer cancer screenings and more preventable diseases going undetected.