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Ari Snider/Maine PublicSome new citizens said gaining the security of citizenship felt even more special amid rising fears in immigrant communities. -
Northern Light Inland Hospital via FacebookThe president's "One Big Beautiful Bill" contains significant cuts to Medicaid, which state officials and hospital representatives say could further strain rural hospitals already struggling to stay afloat.
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Hundreds 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. -
Libby, 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. -
Maine domestic violence services freeze hiring as federal funding faces deep cuts, forcing programs to brace for layoffs and reduced support despite rising demand.
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The U.S. Department of Education is withholding an estimated $25 million in grant funding from Maine public schools "to ensure resources are spent in accordance with the President's priorities." -
The New Markets Capital Investment Program touts several splashy successes, but it's drawn scrutiny when projects fail. Gov. Janet Mills will soon decide if a bill sending it $100 million over an eight-year period is worth it. -
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.
