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PublishedApril 23, 2025
Proposed autism registry is ‘dangerous,’ Maine disability rights activists say
The Trump administration has announced a sweeping autism study that will use private medical records from federal and commercial databases.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2025
A Maine resident is leading a complaint against the Trump administration over DEI firings
Mahri Stáinnak says they were fired for work on 'diversity, equity and inclusion,' even though their job had nothing to do with DEI.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2025
Federal government announces, then hits pause on, plan to sell 4 buildings in Maine
The federal government had posted a list of more than 300 'non-core' properties slated to be sold that included the US Custom House in Portland and 3 other federal properties across the state.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2025
Acadia National Park, SAMHSA employees fired as Trump administration slashes federal workforce
Eight people were laid off from Acadia National Park, cutting the popular tourist attraction's year-round staff by about 10%.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2025
Waterville protesters target Elon Musk at Tesla charging station
'It's completely illegal and it removes Congress from having the financial control that is constitutionally theirs,' one protester said of the billionaire's access to government payment systems.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2025
New leader of Wabanaki Alliance outlines priorities
In an interview with The Times Record, Maulian Bryant outlines plans for the Wabanaki Alliance — "the time for reclamation is now," and “as the tribal communities rise, we all rise.”
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PublishedOctober 31, 2024
$635 million in federal grants to fund bridge work from Maine to Alaska
Maine will receive the most money – nearly $133 million for a dozen bridges along Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 – in the latest infusion from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law President Biden signed in 2021.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2024
Federal workers around D.C. worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere
Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned with Donald Trump proposing the relocation of up to 100,000 federal jobs if he wins in November.
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