A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a Maine family planning provider to block the law that prevents such providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for a year if they also offer abortions. Maine Family Planning, the largest network of reproductive health services providers in Maine, sued the Trump administration last month over the
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of clinics in Maine will not resume getting Medicaid funds to treat thousands of low-income patients during its lawsuit over Trump administration cuts to abortion providers, a judge ruled Monday. The decision against Maine Family Planning came despite a ruling last month by another federal judge,
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine asked a judge Thursday to restore its Medicaid funding while it fights a Trump administration effort to keep federal money from going to abortion providers. President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “ big beautiful bill,” blocked Medicaid
Senate Appropriations committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) (L) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) (R) participate in a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) With the White House slow to distribute congressionally appropriated funds for the National Institutes of Health, some senators
The Trump administration and Maine reached an agreement that restored funding for schoolchildren, Maine’s attorney general said Friday, part of a feud between the president and the state’s governor over policies on transgender athletes. The state’s attorney general, Aaron M. Frey, said his office had withdrawn a lawsuit it filed in objection to the funding
KITTERY, Maine — A day after her home state was sued by the Trump administration, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, reaffirmed her stance against transgender athletes playing girls and women’s sports. But she criticized the president’s attempts to rescind federal funds for Maine schools. The Department of Justice announced its lawsuit against Maine Wednesday, alleging a