March 14, 2025 Maine's federal funding freeze from Trump's USDA reversed The federal funding freeze against Maine imposed by President Donald Trump's Department of Agriculture during Title IX and Title VI investigations has been reversed.
March 13, 2025 Maine judges’ mass recusal in trans sports case raises unanswered questions, legal expert says A statement was released Wednesday evening explaining why every federal judge in Maine has recused themselves from state Rep. Laurel Libby's case challenging her censure in the state legislature stemming from a social media post including an image of a transgender female high school athlete when they competed as a male.
March 12, 2025 Maine judges refuse to take Rep Laurel Libby's court case on censure for trans athlete post All of Maine's federal judges have recused themselves from the case involving Rep. Laurel Libby suing the state's speaker of the house over her recent censure.
March 11, 2025 Trump admin cuts funding to Maine universities as state defies order to ban trans athletes from women's sports The USDA announced Tuesday it is halting federal funding to the University of Maine System due to the state's ongoing battle for transgender athlete inclusion.
March 11, 2025 Maine Rep Laurel Libby files lawsuit over censure for calling out trans athlete in girls' sports Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has filed a lawsuit against Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau after she was censured for pointing out a high school trans athlete on social media.
March 7, 2025 Former GOP firebrand governor eyeing run for Congress in key swing district Paul LePage, the former governor of Maine, is mulling a Republican run for Congress in the 2026 midterm elections in a key swing district.
March 7, 2025 HHS expands Title IX probe in Maine to include state association governing athletics, embattled high school The Trump administration's Health and Human Services Department is expanding its Title IX probe into transgender sports participation in Maine to include the state's primary governing body for high school athletics and a high school that has been at the center of controversy after a biological male competing for the school won a women's statewide track and field meet.
March 6, 2025 Maine GOP urges Dems to repeal transgender athlete policy following federal Title IX violation finding Republican state lawmakers in Maine fear the state will lose hundreds of millions in federal education funding due to recent Title IX violation tied to trans sports participation.
March 6, 2025 Maine student passes out, 11 taken to hospital as cause of illnesses remains unknown The all-clear has been given to return to an elementary school in Maine after 11 students were taken to hospitals for reported respiratory illnesses.
March 6, 2025 Trump admin declares Maine violated Title IX by letting trans athletes play in girls' sports The Department of Health and Human Services served a notice of Title IX violation to Maine after it defied Trump's executive order to protect girls' sports.
