Julia Arenstam
City Editor at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Turning extreme nosiness into a career, one story at a time. City Editor @PressHerald
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1 week ago |
pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam
AUGUSTA — When Anne Segalini left an abusive ex-husband, it was a legal aid lawyer who helped level the playing field. Her ex had the money to repeatedly delay their court case and weaponize the legal system against her, Segalini said, but legal aid helped her establish “legal boundaries” for herself and her children through protection orders.
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1 week ago |
pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam
The Trump administration has extended its deadline for state education departments to sign a letter agreeing to remove programming related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Maine’s education department says it is still formulating a response and told school districts on Friday to refrain from signing the letter in the meantime.
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1 week ago |
pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam
A Maine resident is suing the Trump administration over economic sanctions the president imposed that he says forced him to stop his work on investigating human rights violations abroad. Matthew Smith is CEO of the nonprofit Fortify Rights and regularly works with the International Criminal Court’s prosecutors to address genocide and the forced deportation Myanmar’s Rohingya people.
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2 weeks ago |
pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam
The U.S. Attorney General announced on national TV Tuesday morning that she is withholding money to Maine prisons after learning about a female transgender prisoner living in a unit with other women. Pam Bondi told Fox and Friends that the Department of Justice “pulled all nonessential funding … because they were allowing a man in a woman’s prison.” She did not specify how much funding was put on hold.
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2 weeks ago |
pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam
AUGUSTA —In a Monday hearing on two bills to roll back school vaccine requirements in Maine, public health officials and medical professionals urged lawmakers to keep the state’s vaccination laws, while parents who chose not to vaccinate their children argued the requirements prevent their families from accessing education. The first bill, LD 174, is sponsored by Rep. Gary Drinkwater, R-Milford, and would restore religious vaccine exemptions. The second, LD 727, is sponsored by Rep.
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