ORONO, Maine, March 28 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Amid funding uncertainty, University of Maine pauses new financial offers to graduate students With changes in federal funding priorities and the Legislature advancing a state budget that flat-funds the University of Maine System for the next two years, the flagship is temporarily pausing new financial offers, including assistantships to graduate students, as it assesses what re  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Activists Take Opposition to Anti-Voter SAVE Act to House District Offices from Maine to Nevada Today, activists from Common Cause, Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD), and more than a dozen other organizations will deliver petitions to congressional district offices from Maine to Nevada urging their U.S. Representatives to vote against the anti-voter SAVE Act (Safeguard American Vot  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Lower Drug Costs and Hold Big Pharma Accountable for Price Hikes Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Lower Drug Costs for Families Act to make prescription drugs more affordable, hold Big Pharma accountable, and reduce the national deficit by billions of dollars. T  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Address Veterinarian Shortage in Rural America Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee member Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to address the chronic shortage of veterinary services available in rural communities. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would allow vet  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 27 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Applauds Maine Senate's Unanimous Confirmation of Michael Duguay as Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development Governor Janet Mills today praised the Maine Senate's unanimous confirmation of Michael Duguay to serve as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). The Governor swore in Commissioner Duguay this morning, shortly aft  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a series of regulatory waivers aimed at easing restrictions on housing assistance programs in regions affected by disasters. The waivers, granted between July 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024, were published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2025, as part of HUD's ongoing obligation under Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act of 1989. These measures are designed to provide relief to individuals  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Press USDA to Reinstate Food Shipments to Maine Food Banks WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) has joined his colleagues to press the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in reinstating previously approved shipments of food to Maine food banks. In a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, King and his colleagues asked for the concrete reasoning of the cancellatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King: America "Woefully Behind" on Hypersonic Weapons, Directed Energy Capabilities WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) raised concerns over the United States' hypersonic missile defense capabilities at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. King, the ranking member of the subcommittee, urged General Anthony J. Cotton, Commander of U.S. Stra  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U.  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 28 -- The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Game Warden Ethan Buuck Honored As Warden Of The Year, Game Warden Justin Fowlie Honored As Supervisor Of The Year AUGUSTA, Maine - Game Warden Investigator Ethan Buuck of Division B in Sidney was honored by his peers as the Maine Game Warden of the Year for 2024. Game Warden Sergeant Justin Fowlie of the midcoast region was honored as supervisor of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Pingree: EPA's Reckless Gutting of Environmental Justice Programs Harms Communities Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01) denounced plans by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to eliminate all of the agency's offi  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Peters and Sullivan Lead Colleagues to Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Support the Independence and Critical Services of the United States Postal Service WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Dan Sulliva  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Sends Letter Challenging Governor Newsom's Use of USDA Funding on Programs to Implement Radical Transgender Ideology, Violating Parental Rights (Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025) -- Today, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins sent a letter (PDF, 44.6 KB) to Governor Gavin Newsom announcing a review of federal funding California receives intended for & research and education  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Wastewater Systems from Non-Flushable Products Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, a bill to address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing o  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Murray Challenge the Administration's Treatment of Emergency Spending in Continuing Resolution Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, sent a letter to Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russ Vought challenging the Administration's decision an  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Senators Collins, Murray Challenge the Administration's Treatment of Emergency Spending in Continuing Resolution Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, sent a letter to Director of the Office of Management and   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has received a verified notice of exemption from St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company (SLR), which seeks to abandon its perpetual freight easement over a 24.23-mile rail line in Cumberland County, Maine. The affected line extends from milepost 1.74 near Deering to milepost 25.97 at the town line between New Gloucester and Auburn. The line, which passes through several communities in the county, has remained out of servi  more