Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit against sweeping cuts to AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The lawsuit was filed April 29 in Maryland's U.S. District Court.

About two dozen states led by Democrats sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.S.

Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's $400 million cut to AmeriCorps, a federal volunteer program serving Wisconsinites.