Minnesota agencies, nonprofits, local governments and health care organizations were all scrambling Tuesday to understand the ramifications of a national federal assistance freeze before it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

A Trump administration spending freeze directly imperils $1.9 billion in monthly federal spending in Minnesota, nearly $23 billion annually, according to an estimate from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. “Donald Trump’s reckless action cut off funding to law enforcement,

Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and Attorney General Keith Ellison speak out against President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding