March 19, 2025 Trump admin responds to Maine's reluctance to ban trans athletes from girls' sports An HHS Office of Civil Rights official sent a warning to the Maine Principals' Association over continuing to let trans athletes compete in girls' sports.
March 18, 2025 Maine responds to Trump admin's declaration state violated Title IX by allowing transgenders in girls sports The Maine Principals’ Association issued a response to the DHHS announcement that the state violated Title IX by letting trans athletes in girls sports.
March 17, 2025 HHS' Civil Rights Office finds Maine in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights found three Maine entities in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports.
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.
