Overview

• A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's freeze on Maine's school nutrition funds unlawful, mandating their immediate release.
• The Department of Justice has escalated enforcement efforts against Maine for not complying with Title IX policies banning transgender athletes in women’s sports.
• Governor Janet Mills criticized the Trump administration's use of funding cuts as retaliatory, citing their impact on school meal programs and corrections initiatives.
• Federal agencies have threatened further funding cuts, including over Maine’s corrections policies regarding transgender inmates, intensifying the legal and political standoff.
• Mills defended Maine’s adherence to state and federal laws, framing the dispute as a broader challenge to executive overreach and the rule of law.