Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is suing state Attorney General Kris Kobach for his “failure to defend Kansans against the Trump administration’s unlawful federal overreach.

Kelly, a Democrat, announced the lawsuit Friday, saying that she has repeatedly asked the Republican attorney general to sue on behalf of Kansas. He has not.

She said the attorney general refused to sue the Trump administration after SNAP food assistance payments were delayed when another pot of money could have funded the program. Kobach also didn’t sue the Trump administration after it cut money that would have helped states test for lead in schools and day cares, ensure the safety of dams and fund environmental cleanup.

Meanwhile, Kobach has sued Kelly to make her hand over personal information of food assistance recipie

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