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Following a public spat between Maine Governor Janet Mills and President Trump, the Department of Agriculture has cut funding to the University of Maine, citing ongoing investigations into whether the school violated Title VI and Title IX.

From Portland Press Herald. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily halted spending to all of the programs it funds at University of Maine System schools, a system spokesperson announced Tuesday morning.

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The university system has $56.1 million in active USDA grants, most of which support the flagship campus in Orono and agriculture programs and research, according to spokesperson Samantha Warren.

Of that, about $32.4 million was expected to be paid out in the coming months and years, Warren said. The university system is still assessing possible financial impacts and next steps. …

The USDA told its employees Monday to ā€œtemporarily no longer issue any payments or authorize any other releases of fundingā€ to the University of Maine System while the department evaluates whether it should ā€œtake any follow-on actions related to prospective Title VI or Title IX violations,ā€ according to a letter obtained by the Portland Press Herald.

The agency beganĀ investigatingĀ Maineā€™s university system for gender-related civil rights violations the dayĀ after President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills got into aĀ public confrontationĀ over the stateā€™s refusal to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls sports. The U.S. Department of Education said it would also be cracking down on discrimination against white students, under Title VI.

Dannel Malloy, the system chancellor, said in an interview that he isnā€™t aware of any ā€œmistakesā€ the university system has made. …

Malloy said he is especially concerned about ā€œthe widespread impactā€ the funding freeze will have on 4-H and its youth.

ā€œWeā€™re going to hurt kids because somebody didnā€™t like what somebody else said,ā€ Malloy said. ā€œDoesnā€™t make a whole lot of sense.ā€ …

4-H PROGRAMS AT RISK

The USDA pays for programs and research across the university system ā€” including sustainable agricultural and manufacturing processes, education and outreach for farmers and 4-H ā€” through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, which runs youth programming for educational and leadership development related to agriculture. The USDA funds 42% of the University of Maine Cooperative Extensionā€™s budget, Warren said. …

If the funding remains frozen, there are concerns that the impacts will extend into Maineā€™s fields and affect the seasonā€™s yield. USDA funding allows the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine to conduct research with the university system that helps farmers prevent disease from spreading, for instance. …

The university system responded to questionsĀ from the USDAĀ last month about whether transgender women compete in womenā€™s intercollegiate sports, Warren said. The university system says it complies with NCAA policy that was recently adjusted to limit competition in womenā€™s sports to athletes who were assigned female at birth.

Trump threatened to cut Maineā€™s federal funding on Feb. 21, when Mills pushed back during a White House event with a bipartisan group of governors.

ā€œYouā€™d better do it. Youā€™d better do it, because youā€™re not going to get any federal funding at all if you donā€™t,ā€ Trump said to Mills during the National Governors Associationā€™s winter meeting in Washington, D.C.

Mills and the Maine Principalsā€™ Association have publicly stated that they will not comply with Trumpā€™s executive order banning transgender female athletes from womenā€™s sports because it would violate state law. …

What do you think of the USDA’s decision? Share your thoughts and prayers below.

(Excerpt from Portland Press Herald. Photo Credit: Oriel Frankie Ashcroft/Pexels)

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PAT M
March 13, 2025

Jesus, help this governor and university to come to their senses by protecting their hardness of heart for female athlete being discriminated against because of a male fetish. Restore the rules on trans conversion therapy to help prevent radical mistakes by children and young adults indoctrinated by the harmful ideology not of You. Help our educators return to their first love or find it ASAP. Bring revival to America and heal our land, children, churches, communities and all families.

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Ralph Armstrong
March 13, 2025

Iā€™m a little confused. I agree that the Governor of Maine needs to be penalized unless she complies with President Trumpā€™s EO to eliminate men in womenā€™s sports/spaces. But, unless I missed something, I donā€™t see where the University of Maine is violating any EO. Therefore, withholding these funds is unjustified.

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    Mary Beth S
    March 13, 2025

    This involves both Title VI and IX violations and the article is unclear as to who is violating what. So I too have questions. But I don’t want discrimination against white students or men competing in women’s sports or having access women’s spaces.

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Jeane Whiteside
March 13, 2025

Ah Lord God. Shut the mouths of all who oppose Your ways. And Yiur oaths. Men are men and women are women and the two shall not be perverted and used against each other. They shall be who You created them to be and accept it as they find their true identity and enjoy life together as You intend.

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Mary Beth S
March 13, 2025

Fearmongering has been used for nefarious purposes throughout time, and has resulted in poor decision making many times. I see great benefit in both 4-H programs and in extension programs, but no program should continue if it means that ungodly policies remain in place. If a state law is really the reason they refuse to change these policies, then it needs to be changed, because it too is ungodly. Lord, please intervene to bring about Your will and purposes in this situation. If they won’t comply, and good programs are cut, let the people of Maine see it accurately, and oust their leadership instead of blaming President Trump.

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