WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Maine under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Maine are working together to offer nearly $4 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resili  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 2 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on April 1, 2024: On Monday, the Maine Senate gave initial support to LD 780, "RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy," sponsored by Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic. The Reproductive Rights Amendment received a vote of 20-13, along partisan lines. "The ability to determine our reproductive health is a fundamental human right, and it deserves the sam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY), et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), et al., filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The amicus brief supports the plainti  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. As part of a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General Brown filed an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/032924_Amicus_For_CA_NY_et_al.pdf) with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. U.S.   more