(TNS) Kentucky has joined a multi-state lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump over the cancellation of federal grants, Gov. Andy Beshear’s office announced Wednesday morning.

In a release, Beshear’s office says the state joined the suit because about $3.6 million in funding for the state’s Unemployment Insurance program are being “illegally withheld.”

Federal agencies have used a clause promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget stating that they may terminate grants if it “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.”

The suit was initially filed in late June in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the governor’s office confirmed to the Herald-Leader.

The release stated that the $3.6 million was tied to protecting the Unemployment I

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