Earlier this week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) stopped funds for the University of Maine (UMS) system, a network of eight public universities in the state, according to UMS officials.
On Wednesday night, the US senator’s office Susan Collins said that the freezing of funds had been reversed, according to local media. A reason was not revealed.
A Collins spokesman said the investment occurred after the Collins office spoke with USDA officials and the White House.
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The governor of Maine Janet Mills and President Donald Trump in the White House (Getty images)
“We are deeply grateful [Collins] For this encouraging news and anxious to leave behind the cervical whip of the last weeks and follow our good job to advance in Maine, “said Foreign Minister Dannel Malloy of the university system and the president of the University of Maine, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, in a joint statement, through Bangor Daily News.
Only in fiscal year 2024, the USDA granted $ 29.78 million in funds for UMS for investigation, the system said. The USDA states that it has provided more than $ 100 million to the UMS in recent years in A directed letter to the system.
The pause in financing occurred during the review of the potential title IX and the violations of Title VI for the universities after the recent refusal of the State to comply with Trump Executive Order To keep transgender athletes outside women’s sports.
President Donald Trump and the governor of Maine Janet Mills met at the White House for the fulfillment of the Executive Order. (Pool through AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Trump threatened to reduce Federal funds to Maine after an exchanged achadowed with Governor Janet Mills last month. That was followed with a march against Mills near the state’s house, where several female athletes took the microphone in the march to speak against their Democratic governor.
A day later, eight activists protested outside the house of representative Laurel Libby in opposition to their views. Libby helped light the controversial situation when, at the beginning of February, he identified a biological man on social networks who competed and won a state pole jumping competition by Grelyly High School. Police protection It was assigned to Grelyly High School during the controversy.
Democratic governor Janet Mills delivers her state statement on January 30, 2024 in the Chamber of State Representatives in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Trump reaffirmed his intention to punish states that continue to allow Trans athletes to compete with girls during his March 4. Address to a joint session of the Congress.
