A federal judge in Boston today issued a preliminary injunction to bar FEMA from canceling billions of dollars in grants meant for projects such as one to reduce the odds of catastrophic flooding along the Mystic River in Chelsea and Everett and another to replace a failing Manchester-by-the-Sea bridge that has conduits that carry all of Cape Ann's electricity.

US District Court Judge Richard Stearns dismissed a regime contention that he can't issue such an order because the regime has yet to actually cancel $4 billion in Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities funding, including $50 million for work along a Mystic River inlet and $5 million to replace the decaying Cape Ann bridge.

In his ruling, Stearns wrote that through its statements and actions, the regime has made it clea

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