FRANKFORT - (TNS) Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear wants to protect the state’s energy projects at risk of losing federal funding.

In a letter to President Donald Trump and Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, the two-term Democrat urged the administration to oppose terminating federal grants for energy-related projects.

Cuts could threaten 700 jobs and $537 million of economic development in rural communities and undermine Trump’s attempt to bring jobs back to the U.S., Beshear said in the letter dated Oct. 15.

“As Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, my job is to help Kentucky move forward,” Beshear said in the letter. “I strongly urge your administration to reject DOE’s proposed cuts to these crucial energy projects in Kentucky.

“These cuts will only set back economic develo

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