Nation & World
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PublishedMarch 28, 2025
DHHS refers Maine to Justice Department for enforcement regarding ‘noncompliance with Title IX’
The action comes a day after state officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' high school sports.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2025
Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security
Rep. Jared Golden said he would 'introduce legislation to repeal' the order, which would affect Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Medical Center, SUBSHIP Bath at Bath Iron Works, the AFL-CIO said.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2025
UMaine to pause new graduate student job offers, citing funding uncertainty
The flagship public university in Orono will temporarily pause funded offers like research assistantships, which about a quarter of the current graduate students receive.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2025
US Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 jobs as part of major restructuring
Most of the cuts will come from the public health agencies.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2025
Other states consider joining Maine in banning the spreading of sewage sludge
The battle over how to place guardrails on the practice is starting to play out in legislatures across the country.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2025
Trump signs order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
President Donald Trump referenced election fraud as he signed the order Tuesday, saying, 'this will end it, hopefully.'
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PublishedMarch 25, 2025
23andMe files for bankruptcy, sparking data security concerns
The genetic testing company says the filing won’t change the way it stores or protects data, but experts are still urging caution.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2025
Trump officials texted war plans to group chat in secure app that included journalist
The president is downplaying the incident as 'the only glitch in two months' of his administration.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2025
Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches
Weather balloons provide information that forecasters and computer models use to figure out what the weather will be and how dangerous it can get.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2025
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department
Members of Maine's congressional delegation and advocates for public schools say eliminating the department would leave children behind in an American education system that is fundamentally unequal.
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