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PublishedMarch 19, 2025
Portland teachers, parents join national protests against Trump’s cuts to education
Portland teachers from Deering High, Rowe Elementary and Presumpscot Elementary "walked-in" Wednesday morning in a show of support for public education amid cuts to the federal Department of Education.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard exempted from civilian hiring freeze
The shipyard is among the 'readiness-centric facilities' listed in the updated directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Chief justice, in rare statement, rebukes Trump’s call to impeach judge who ruled against his deportation plans
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeachment — a rare step usually taken only in cases of grave ethical or criminal misconduct — as an inappropriate response to a ruling the president doesn't like.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2025
Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza, killing more than 400 and shattering ceasefire with Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes, which killed mostly women and children, after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2025
King, Pingree demand answers on why USDA cut local food programs
Sen. Angus King joins dozens of Senate colleagues in calling for the funding to be restored.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2025
A professor from Brown University was deported to Lebanon without explanation, despite US visa
Dr. Rasha Alawieh arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday and was detained at least 36 hours before being sent back to Lebanon, despite a judge's order that a hearing be held first.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2025
King and Collins vote to fund government as Senate averts shutdown
In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a shutdown would be worse than the Republican plan and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to advance.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2025
Dr. Nirav Shah, former Maine CDC director, taking post at Colby College
Until last month, Shah had been serving as a principal deputy director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2025
USDA reverses decision to pause funding to UMaine System
Funding has resumed following the halt announced Monday, Sen. Susan Collins' office said late Wednesday.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2025
USDA cuts programs that supply local food to schools, food banks
The federal agency canceled contracts to continue providing food and funding to Maine schools and nonprofits for 3 more years. The change comes as one in eight Mainers — about 180,000 people — faces hunger. That includes roughly 45,000 children, about 20% of the state's total population under 18.
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