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*Maine Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday September 02, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Crapo, Cassidy, Collins Blast Biden Admin Failure to Protect American Taxpayers From Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Losing $191 Billion
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Cassidy, Collins Blast Biden Admin Failure to Protect American Taxpayers from Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Losing $191 Billion U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) blas  more

National Potato Council Supports Rescission of Controversial Agricultural Employment Rule
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The National Potato Council (NPC) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing strong support for the proposed rescission of the 2024 Final Rule titled "Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States." The NPC represents American potato growers responsible for over 95% of U.S. potato production, contributing more than $10.8 billion at the farm gate to the economy and supporting over 714,000 jo  more

Reproductive Health Experts Call on FDA to Uphold Evidence-Based Standards for Mifepristone
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The UCLA Law Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy and UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to maintain its standards for mifepristone based on evidence and sound science. The letter highlights the concerns of 263 reproductive health researchers regarding pressures to reassess existing safety protocols for the medication. The researchers emphasize that dec  more