Last month, a federal judge ruled that Maine was likely to prevail in its legal fight and ordered the administration to disburse the monies.
“The state of Maine went to court and fought this unlawful attempt to freeze critical funding for our school lunch program – and we won,” Mills said in a statement welcoming the news.
“I applaud the work of Attorney General Frey and his staff in representing the state in this action against USDA, and preserving healthy school meals for 172,000 Maine school children.”
