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Texas, a state often at odds with the federal government, has received more federal aid to pay for COVID-19-related funeral expenses than any other state in the country.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), more than $159 million has been awarded to Texas residents who applied for federal aid to cover COVID-19 funeral expenses. California has received around $149 million while New York is third with about $136 million.

While the federal dollars for the COVID-19 funeral assistance program are awarded to residents who apply, Texas’s governor has also recently requested and will receive help from the federal government to fight the recent surge in COVID cases in his state.

FEMA confirmed to The Post on Tuesday that it will open six COVID-19 testing sites in different counties across Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott requested federal aid on Dec. 31. Details on when the sites will open and their exact locations have not been released. Additionally, Abbott asked for federal medical personnel and monoclonal antibody treatment.

Meanwhile, Texas is suing the federal government on several COVID fronts. In a letter released Tuesday, Abbott says he intends to sue the federal government “after the Biden Administration tried to subject non-federalized guardsmen to an unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate from the U.S. Department of Defense.”

In a lawsuit already in the courts, a federal judge sided with Texas, temporarily blocking a federal mandate on COVID vaccines for staff and volunteers in the federal Head Start program. The mandate also asks kids as young as 2 to wear masks, with some exceptions.

Texas joined other states in suing to block President Biden’s mandate that large private employers, federal contractors and health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.