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Esta Pratt-Kielley/Maine PublicMeanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education is giving Maine until April 11 to comply with the Trump administration's interpretation of Title IX. -
Steve Helber/AP fileTitle X supports reproductive and preventative health care for people with low incomes, including birth control, cancer screenings, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
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The U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce wants answers about how the February 2025 encampment by Students for Justice in Palestine in Smith Union was handled. -
A legislative committee today heard public testimony on a variety of bills that would restrict abortion access in Maine. -
Maine's secretary of state declined to say whether Maine will get involved in any court battles challenging the executive order but noted that individual states have broad discretion to set their own election laws. -
The U.S. Department of Education says it is looking into reports that dozens of school districts have policies that could keep information secret from parents. But school officials dispute the allegations. -
It’s been a bewildering barrage: hasty investigations, threats to yank federal funds, threats of lawsuits, federal contracts canceled and restored without explanation and unsupported claims by President Donald Trump that Maine has “apologized.” -
The latest news out of Augusta and Washington, D.C.—including the state budget, the conflict between Gov. Mills and Pres. Trump, impacts of executive orders on Maine, and Sen. Collins' stance on spending -
Labor advocates took to the halls of the State House today to lobby for a number of initiatives, including one that would add mental health workers at state psychiatric facilities to the same the same retirement plan as firefighters, law enforcement and corrections officers. -
The federal agency announced Thursday that it would lay off 10,000 workers. Another 10,000 workers will take early retirement or deferred resignations. -
Principals' association and school board reject Trump administration demands on transgender athletesBoth SAD 51 and the Maine Principals' Association say they will continue to follow Maine's nondiscrimination law. But Attorney General Pam Bondi has already warned that Maine could face lawsuits unless it complied with Trump administration directives. -
Republican Sen. Susan Collins Democratic and Sen. Patty Murray are contesting President Donald Trump's authority to curtail nearly $3 billion in spending contained in the budget bill Congress approved just last week. The curtailments were recommended by Trump budget director Russell Vought, who Collins voted to confirm in February .
