The decision in a Montana case could affect a federal appeals court case in Boston involving 3 Maine families who are seeking school district tuition payments toward the cost of educating their children in religious schools.
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Governor, attorney general urge caution on changes to 1980 state-tribal agreement
Gov. Janet Mills, in particular, raised concerns that the proposed changes could end up ‘breeding confusion and extensive litigation at a time when we have finally begun to move past these.’
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Maine joins federal lawsuit concerning 3-D printed guns
The Maine Attorney General’s Office has joined 19 other states in challenging the Trump administration’s decision to allow the firearms to be regulated by the Department of Commerce rather than the State Department.
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Maine joins lawsuit over new Trump rule to block immigrants who need assistance
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey contends the new rule, related to defining a person who could become a ‘public charge,’ would limit the path to citizenship for many and is unconstitutional.
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Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s move to allow more climate-altering gas emissions
Attorney General Aaron Frey added Maine to the more than 2 dozen state and local governments trying to protect Obama-era regulations that sought to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.