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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Funding for UMF program rejected, congressional delegation aren’t happy
The U.S. Department of Education is defunding UMF's Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant that prepares "economically disadvantaged students in Maine" for college.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Roe ‘settled’ law? Justices’ earlier assurances now in doubt
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was among those assured, during his confirmation to the Supreme Court, that Brett Kavanaugh considered a woman's right to an abortion to be 'settled law,' yet this week he suggested the court could upend that.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Our View: Justice Kavanaugh reveals radical view of abortion limits
As a nominee, he told Sen. Collins that Roe is ‘settled law’; as a justice, he says abortion should be a matter for the states to decide.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
Sen. Collins says she’d support legislation to codify protections in Roe v. Wade
Sen. Susan Collins' stance gains attention after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Mississippi case that advocates worry could put new constraints on abortion rights.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
UMaine to establish farm-to-school institute
Federal funding will help pay for the new institute to connect schools in the state with locally grown food and help educate rural students about nutrition.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Pingree and King tentatively support $1.8 trillion Build Back Better bill; Golden awaits final details
The measure, which cuts the president's signature social and climate investment package nearly in half, is expected to be opposed by all Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2021
The View From Here: A tale of Maine’s two senators
Susan Collins and Angus King both represent Maine in Washington, but they seem to be doing fundamentally different jobs.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2021
Maine’s top elected officials urge feds to throw out new lobstering rules
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine's congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Sens. Collins, King sharply divided as Republicans block Democratic voting rights bill
While Collins slams the bill as ‘a vast federal takeover of state elections,’ King says American democracy is in danger as Republicans refuse to even debate it.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2021
Collins says she opposes Democrats’ bill ensuring abortion rights
The Maine senator says the legislation would interfere with an existing law that ensures health professionals who object to abortion are not required to participate in it.
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