The president says she was not reacting to student protests, but others say they can’t be discounted.

Theodora Kalikow says she is open to alternative plans for cutting the budget and will still eliminate about 35 staff positions.

Obama’s selection of William Adams still needs Senate confirmation.

About 200 people gathered to oppose proposed cuts and demand their right to public higher education.

The elementary school is one of six schools added to the state’s guaranteed fund list to renovate or rebuild facilities.

USM student organizers have kept up a relentless drumbeat of protests unlike anything in recent memory.