Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a measure that will expand the legality of late-term abortions in her state, allowing the procedure at any point during pregnancy if a doctor deems it necessary. Mills, a Democrat, signed LD 1619, billed as “an act to improve Maine’s reproductive privacy laws,” into law Wednesday. Mills’ approval of … Continued
EXCLUSIVE – Keith and Valori Radonis were eager to send their three children to St. Dominic Academy – a prestigious co-ed Catholic school for students in grades K-12 – hoping to qualify for the state’s Town Tuitioning Fund, a taxpayer-funded program reserved for students in small towns and rural areas with no available public schools to help alleviate education … Continued
A mother in Maine has filed a federal lawsuit against public school officials for coaching her 13-year-old daughter to become a boy without parental consent. Amber Lavigne alleges in the suit that Samuel Roy, an 8th grade counselor at Great Salt Bay Community School, secretly advised her daughter on changing genders and gave her a … Continued
A Maine Christian school filed a lawsuit last week to stop the state government from maneuvering around religious liberty protections established by the Supreme Court. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that Maine could not exclude religious schools from its rural tuition program. The program allows school districts that do not have their own high … Continued
A Maine church is challenging a state law prohibiting religious private schools from receiving funds from a tuition program unless they adhere to a state LGBT antidiscrimination policy. Crosspoint Church, which runs Bangor Christian Schools, filed a complaint on Monday against assorted Maine officials in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. At issue … Continued
The two lone pro-abortion Republicans in the U.S. Senate partnered with Democrats on Thursday to introduce a bill that would legalize the killing of unborn babies in abortions up to birth nationwide. U.S. Sens. Murkowski, R-Alaska and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined Democrat Sens. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, and Krysten Sinema, of Arizona, in calling for … Continued
Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots parental rights organization, filed three complaints Tuesday with the Biden Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that allege discrimination in schools that formed “racial affinity” groups or “community circles” to separate students based on their race. The complaints allege that discrimination occurred in schools in Oregon, Maine, and Vermont where students were … Continued
The price of heating oil, a fuel most commonly used in New England to heat homes, has gone up by 65% since October 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration. The average price for the oil was $5.46 per gallon in October 2022 compared to $3.30 in October 2021, due to refining constraints and low … Continued
A former National Guardsman who sought a religious exemption to the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate was given the mRNA shot instead of an inoculation for the flu “accidentally,” according to the service. After refusing the COVID vaccine multiple times and requesting a religious exemption to the mandate, former Maine National Guard Specialist Mathew Bouchard was … Continued
A federal judge ruled late last month that a group of Maine health care workers who have a lawsuit challenging the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate pending before the U.S. Supreme Court cannot remain anonymous. In a May 31 ruling, Maine Chief U.S. District Judge Jon Levy gave the nine workers in Maine, mostly nurses, until June 7 to file … Continued
The Equity Subcommittee of Maine Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Climate Council is recommending a plan to pay “disadvantaged” and “overburdened” state residents to attend its meetings because, according to its ideology, victims of systemic discrimination suffer greater impact from climate change than average Maine residents. The Equity Subcommittee’s report, released in February, claims that some individuals in … Continued
Maine’s governor released a revised budget proposal on Friday that would increase checks the state plans to send to residents to $850. That would be an increase of $100. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said she wants to increase the relief checks because of factors such as high inflation and rising fuels costs. The money would … Continued
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