Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) paengaged funding to the University of Maine System (UMS), a nettoil of eight accessible colleges in the state, according to UMS officials.
On Wednesday night, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins‘ office shelp the funding freeze had been reversed, according to local outlets. A reason was not disshutd.
A spokesperson for Collins shelp the reversal came after Collins’ office spoke with both USDA and White Hoengage officials.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Plivent Donald Trump at the White Hoengage (Getty Images)
“We’re meaningfully thankful to [Collins] for this encouraging recents and enthusiastic to put the whiplash and worry of recent weeks behind us and upretain up our excellent toil to shift Maine forward,” Chancellor Dannel Malloy of the university system and University of Maine Plivent Joan Ferrini-Mundy shelp in a joint statement, via the Bangor Daily News.
In fiscal year 2024 alone, the USDA awarded $29.78 million in funding to UMS for research, the system shelp. The USDA claims it has supplyd over $100 million to the UMS in recent years in a letter insertressed to the system.
The paengage in funding came during checks of potential Title IX and Title VI violations by the universities after the state’s recent refusal to adhere with Trump’s executive order to upretain transgfinisher athletes out of women’s sports.
Plivent Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed at the White Hoengage over executive order compliance. (Pool via AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Trump dangerened to cut federal funding to Maine after a heated exalter with Gov. Janet Mills last month. That was chaseed up with a March Agetst Mills proximate the State Hoengage, where disjoinal female athletes took the microphone at the march to speak out agetst their Democrat handleor.
A day procrastinateedr, eight activists protested outside Rep. Laurel Libby’s home in opposition to her sees. Libby helped ignite the encounteredious situation when, in timely February, she identified a bioreasonable male on social media who contendd in and won a girls state pole vault competition for Greely High School. Police protection was summarizeateed to Greely High School during the dispute.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills deinhabitrs her State of the State insertress Jan. 30, 2024, at the State Hoengage in Augusta, Maine. (AP Pboilingo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Trump redeclareed his intent to punish states that persist to apshow trans athletes to contend with girls during his March 4 insertress to a joint session of Congress.
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