The Legislature passed consequential reforms, including some long-fought changes to school construction funding and making free community college permanent.
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UMF names 2026 commencement speaker
Dr. Dora Anne Mills, who served as Maine’s state health officer and director of the Maine Center for Disease Control for 15 years, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
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Brewer schools, widow of conservative activist reach $350,000 settlement
Patricia McBreairty, the widow of Shawn McBreairty, will receive the payout from the Bangor-area district following a lawsuit filed in 2024.
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UMF hosting fiction writer Shana Youngdahl tonight
Writer Shana Youngdahl, the final author in the spring Visiting Writers series, will give a public reading tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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Video: Gardiner students protest budget cut proposal
High schoolers walked out of classes Tuesday and marched to the district’s central office to object to cutting teacher positions.
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Legislature passes first reform of Maine’s school funding formula in 2 decades
Gov. Mills plans to sign the bill — which would change the EPS formula by accounting for local poverty rates in state funding calculations and modernizing outdated regional adjustments — into law.
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Students walk out, protesting Gardiner Area High School staff cuts
Students urge officials, residents to support education funding.
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Meet the new head of the nonprofit Good Will-Hinckley school in Fairfield
Tracie Travers, who worked for the educational nonprofit from 2000 to 2008, said she is excited to return as executive director and president.
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Thomas College alum bequeaths $1.2M for scholarships
The donation from Susan C. Jaques, remembered as frugal and thoughtful, will help students for generations, the Thomas College president said.
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Maine lawmakers make last-minute changes to school funding formula bill
Following concerns over costs, lawmakers on the education committee supported an amended version of the bill. It now goes to the full Legislature.