It cut off funding this week, with no notice, to agencies working to resettle immigrants and refugees in the state.
Maine Republican legislators wrote a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for his recent action on offshore wind and asking him to take it a step further. The letter sent Thursday was authored by Rep.
Maine lawmakers issued statements following the decision to pause federal grants and loans. Maine Republican Se
In response to the federal funding freeze, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced he would join a multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
The order says the federal government will not pay for or support a child's gender transition for those under 19 years old.
NH lawmakers try to revive border battle over Naval Shipyard, seeking help from Trump. US Supreme Court ruled in Maine's favor in 2001.
President Donald Trump's plans to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending sent shockwaves to federally-funded programs in Maine.
Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.
Some believe the administration will alleviate financial pressures and secure the border. Others worry of potential consequences to the climate and immigrants.
Trump's order could hinder development of Maine’s demonstration floating wind farm on a federal Gulf of Maine lease. And a suspension of federal permitting could impact a planned wind power project in Northern Maine.
On the first day of President Donald Trump’s second term, he used his executive power to remove protections for LGBTQ+ people, including a declaration that the federal government would not recognize trans and nonbinary people.