A court’s decision will continue limbo for Maine Job Corps centers

A court’s decision will continue limbo for Maine Job Corps centers

A federal judge in Manhattan has continued a temporary freeze on the Trump administration’s effort to shutter Job Corps, the nation’s largest job training program for low-income young adults which has two training centers in Maine. On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter extended until next Wednesday his order temporarily blocking the Department of Labor from going through with the closure, according to Bloomberg Law. Opponents a…

Students in limbo as judge allows Shreveport Job Corps Center to stay open. But for how long?

A U.S. District Judge in New York on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order allowing Job Corps Centers set to close down June 30 to continue operations until next week. Shreveport Job Corp Center was one of 99 facilities in the country ordered to close down by the U.S. Labor Department in late May. Students started returning to Shreveport Job Corp Center over the weekend after a temporary restraining order from the same judge paused the …