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With federal funding in doubt, Maine’s domestic violence resource centers freeze hiring
Resource centers around the state have frozen hiring and are operating understaffed in anticipation of funding shortfalls.
What the public lands fight means for Maine
“It’s hard for me to understand how gutting ‘America’s best idea’ isn’t America’s worst idea,” said Sen. Angus King.
Donald Trump’s administration quietly holds up $50M for Maine universities
New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached further than previously disclosed.
Maine resilience projects face yet another funding setback
The Trump administration is scaling back a multi-billion dollar hazard mitigation grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.
AmeriCorps cuts threaten climate resilience, conservation across Maine
Forty-six AmeriCorps members were already working in Maine, and another 70 were scheduled to start last week — days after the termination went out.
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