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Gov. Beshear pushes back on Trump funding cuts, tariffs
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a federal funding freeze impacting state programs, initially filed by 22 Democratic state attorneys general in January.
Beshear stated that although a federal judge blocked the freeze, some federal agencies are still not complying with the order, preventing access to essential funds.
The lawsuit highlights Kentucky's inability to access over $6 million for repairing abandoned mine lands and additional reimbursements of more than $7 million, which Beshear claimed are owed to the state.
Beshear emphasized that this action is not partisan, asserting that his job is not to be the best Democratic governor he can be, but the best governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that he can be.