PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A judge granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit filed by Oregon Humanities against the federal government for abruptly cutting its funding.

Oregon Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities Councils jointly filed the lawsuit in federal court in May after the Department of Government Efficiency suddenly terminated grants for the National Endowment for the Humanities, which forced them to suspend some programming and cut staff.

"This is one step — among many that are needed — in the large, ongoing endeavor to knit our communities and the country closer together," Oregon Humanities Executive Director Adam Davis said.

Davis said this is good news for two reasons. First, it means the lawsuit can move forward. The second is that the funds that were previ

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