Staff report

Kentucky, along with 23 other states and the District of Columbia, has successfully secured the AmeriCorps funding President Donald Trump’s administration froze after taking office, threatening the Clinton-era civic program public service agency.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced last we that he, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia had prevailed in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The win will restore the rest of the more than $9 million in funds appropriated by Congress to support Kentucky’s AmeriCorps service commission, Serve Kentucky, which focuses on housing development, the fight against hunger, family support, education, disaster relief and more.

“AmeriCorps and Serve Kentucky make our people, communities and c

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