With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.
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Supreme Court broadens religious protections for workers
The unanimous opinion found that employers must show that granting such an accommodation would lead to ‘substantial increased costs’ in relation to the conduct of its business.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo
The county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill.
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Supreme Court won’t block $6 billion student debt relief settlement
The justices’ action comes as the high court is weighing what to do with the Biden administration’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student debt held by more than 40 million people.
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Bangor school sues state officials over tuition reimbursement program
Crosspoint Church in Bangor says lawmakers changed the Maine Human Rights Act to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision and prevent religious schools from receiving public money.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules for deaf student in education case
The student’s lawyers say the Michigan school system failed him by providing an aide who was not trained to work with deaf students, did not know sign language and in later years left him alone for hours at a time.
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Supreme Court justices interviewed as part of leak probe
The head of the investigation says nothing implicated the nine.
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U.S. Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom
For the past 2 years, the court has issued opinions exclusively on its website.
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Justice Thurgood Marshall’s wife ‘Cissy’ Marshall dies at 94
The Supreme Court says the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has died.
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Fishermen take case against paying for monitors to Supreme Court
The fishermen have made the case that Congress never gave federal regulators the authority to require the expense of paying for the monitors.