USDA pauses funding to University of Maine after Trump clash with governor

Trump administration makes cancellation of Innovation Lab funding permanent, ending the Soybean Innovation Lab at the U of I - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - The Trump administration has terminated the Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, nearly two months after its funding was paused pending a review. The lab’s funding is set to officially end on April 15. The post Trump administration makes cancellation of Innovation Lab funding permanent, ending the Soybean Innovation Lab at the U of I appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Trump admin pauses federal funding for Maine universities over men in women’s sports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered a temporary halt to federal funding to the University of Maine System over Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ defiance of new federal rules conditioning such funds on reserving female-specific school athletic programs to actual women.

Maine Faces Federal Funding Freeze Over Women’s Sports Policy

Maine’s university system is facing a federal funding freeze after Gov. Janet Mills refused to comply with President Trump’s executive order banning biological men from competing in women’s sports. The USDA is now investigating potential Title IX violations, putting the state’s education funding at risk. Key Facts: The USDA has temporarily paused funding to the University of Maine System (UMS) over the state’s refusal to follow President Trump’…

Maine starts reaping the costs of defying Title IX protections for women and girls

Federal agencies have paused funding and opened investigations into the University of Maine System after the state’s leadership refused to stop letting men compete in women’s sports in violation of federal law. Several federal agencies have paused funding and launched investigations into the University of Maine System (UMS) following the state’s refusal to obey Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Trump’s executive order banning men …

Trump targets Maine's funding over clash with governor on transgender athletes

Convicted felon #47 is enacting a disruptive, potentially disastrous, campaign of vengeance over Maine Governor Janet Mills insisted upon complying with the law. Maine has two transgender athletes. Bigoted Donald Trump wants to service his angry MAGA base and insisted Governor Janet Mills remove them from sports. — Read the rest The post Trump targets Maine's funding over clash with governor on transgender athletes appeared first on Boing Boing.

USDA restores funding to Maine's public universities, Sen. Collins says

On Monday, President Trump said the federal funding to UMaine was frozen for allegedly violating a federal civil rights law.