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  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Kool

    Apr. 11—A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from cutting, pausing or otherwise interfering with federal funding to Maine. U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock Jr. granted the state's request for an emergency temporary restraining order in a decision Friday.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Kool

    Apr. 11—A controversial plan to build a $110 million aquaculture facility in Jonesport can proceed, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled. The court on Thursday upheld a previous ruling by the Kennebec County Superior Court, which affirmed permits issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to Kingfish Maine in 2021. The company plans to build an aquaculture facility on 93 acres of land near Chandler Bay.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Kool

    Apr. 9—The Office of the Maine Attorney General spoke to the federal Department of Health and Human Services last month about a pair of bills proposed in Maine to exclude transgender girls from girls sports, records show. Following a virtual meeting the week of March 10, Assistant Attorney General Kimberly Patwardhan highlighted LD 233 and LD 868 in an email to Daniel Shieh, associate director of HHS' Office of Civil Rights.

  • 2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Joe Lawlor |Daniel Kool

    Maine’s hospitals are in a precarious financial position compared to most of the nation, according to a report released by the Maine Hospital Association on Wednesday. The analysis, conducted by PYA, a national health care consulting firm, shows that Maine’s PPS, “prospective payment system” hospitals, which include all of the major hospitals in Maine — such as those affiliated with MaineHealth, Northern Light Health and Central Maine Healthcare — are collectively in dire financial shape.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Kool

    Apr. 9—The Maine State Library laid off 13 staff members Wednesday, nearly one-third of its staff, and announced that it would close for two weeks to restructure its operations after the Trump administration indefinitely suspended certain federal funds. The library last received funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services on March 24 and has not gotten any updates on when — or whether — payments may resume, State Librarian Lori Fisher said in a prepared statement.

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Daniel Kool
Daniel Kool @dekool01
23 Jun 24

Javier Reyes has been chancellor at UMass Amherst for nearly a year. After a year of protests and arrests, he's optimistic about repairing relationships with the community. The one thing nearly everyone I spoke with said: they'd hate to be in his position. https://t.co/BoyBAzOLmo

Daniel Kool
Daniel Kool @dekool01
18 Jun 24

Breaking: Emerson College will cut staff, delay capital projects, and look for other ways to cut costs after a sharp enrollment decline. President Jay Bernhardt said the drop was caused in part by pro-Palestinian protest and "negative press." https://t.co/7S1yookLDp @BostonGlobe

Daniel Kool
Daniel Kool @dekool01
10 May 24

RT @alexacoultoff: BREAKING: State troopers enter MIT encampment around 4:20 a.m. Imminent arrest expected. https://t.co/CNXvFbM3aL