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Odelyn Joseph/APHundreds of Haitian immigrants in Maine could lose legal protections under Trump administration ruleThe administration's efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status is on pause following a federal court ruling this week. -
Kevin Miller/Maine PublicLibby, R-Auburn, alleges in a federal lawsuit that Maine's House Speaker violated her free speech rights by preventing her from voting or speaking on the House floor following a formal reprimand.
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Mills plans to hold onto the legislation, which would have limited how much local and state police in Maine can collaborate with federal immigration agents seeking to round up and deport non-citizens. -
Nurses rallied in Portland today against the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget bill that they say prevent thousands of Mainers from receiving the care they need. -
Under the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit would phase out at the end of the year. Senators passed a version of the proposal Tuesday. -
Gov. Janet Mills says the reconciliation bill will dramatically shift costs from the federal government to Maine, and those are expenses the state cannot absorb. -
Maine will lose more than $3 million in grant funding used to hire or retain 14 school mental health professionals in the fall, Attorney General Aaron Frey said. -
Collins, a key vote in advancing the proposal over the weekend, was one of three GOP holdouts on Tuesday that forced Vice President JD Vance to break a tie. -
The Senate Budget Bill, which just passed, eliminates Medicaid reimbursements to healthcare providers who perform abortions. Maine Family Planning provides services to about 40,000 Maine residents, half of whom rely on MaineCare, the state's Medicaid program. -
Sen. Susan Collins cast a pivotal vote in pushing Trump's "big beautiful bill" past a key procedural hurdle step over the weekend but said Monday that changes to Medicaid are "problematic." -
What people, places, events and objects best represent Maine? We brainstorm ideas to be included in the Maine Atlas, part of Maine's Semiquincentennial celebration -
Sen. Angus King, an independent, argued that one person should not have ability to commit the U.S. military to war. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said she supports Trump's ordering of airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and that they were designed to protect the U.S. and its allies.
