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Maine housing advocates warn of coming ‘tsunami’ of USDA foreclosures on rural homes
The Department of Agriculture says it's clearing a backlog of 400 foreclosures and more than 800 delinquencies left by the ...
Sen. Collins questions USDA Secretary over frozen funding for Maine farmers
Senator Susan Collins says she's demanding to know why the USDA is holding up funding for farmers who were approved for ...
Sen. Susan Collins questions Secretary of Agriculture on delayed USDA Funding Tuesday
Collins sent a letter to the US Department of Agriculture expressing her concerns after funding was delayed for programs.
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USDA Funding Uncertainty Puts Maine Farmers in a Bind
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor. As the warm air of a spring day milled across the acres of pasture ...
'We took on Trump and won': USDA will unfreeze money meant for Maine
Maine has reached a settlement with the Trump administration to unfreeze funding primarily used to feed schoolchildren in ...
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'We won': Gov. Mills celebrates Maine's legal settlement with USDA
In the settlement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to not withhold Maine's USDA funds based on alleged Title IX ...
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Maine wins major court victory about trans rights against president
Maine and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have settled a lawsuit over the USDA’s freezing of $3 million in response ...
Gov. Mills lets Maine child marriage ban become law without her signature
It was “disappointing” Mills did not sign Supica’s bill, Fraidy Reiss, the founder of Unchained At Last, a nonprofit that ...