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March 20, 2025

Maine Public Schools Superintendent likens transgender in women’s sports to past US ‘civil rights struggles’

Maine Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon likened the federal government's transgender in women's sports policies to past civil rights struggles.

March 20, 2025

Can Maine’s high school sports authority dodge Title IX? Conservative legal experts say no

Maine Principals' Association said it cannot be found liable for violating Title IX because it does not receive any federal funding, but conservative legal experts disagree.

March 19, 2025

Trump admin responds to Maine's reluctance to ban trans athletes from girls' sports

An HHS Office of Civil Rights official sent a warning to the Maine Principals' Association over continuing to let trans athletes compete in girls' sports.

March 18, 2025

Maine responds to Trump admin's declaration state violated Title IX by allowing transgenders in girls sports

The Maine Principals’ Association issued a response to the DHHS announcement that the state violated Title IX by letting trans athletes in girls sports.

March 17, 2025

HHS' Civil Rights Office finds Maine in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights found three Maine entities in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports.

March 14, 2025

Maine's federal funding freeze from Trump's USDA reversed

The federal funding freeze against Maine imposed by President Donald Trump's Department of Agriculture during Title IX and Title VI investigations has been reversed.

March 13, 2025

Maine judges’ mass recusal in trans sports case raises unanswered questions, legal expert says

A statement was released Wednesday evening explaining why every federal judge in Maine has recused themselves from state Rep. Laurel Libby's case challenging her censure in the state legislature stemming from a social media post including an image of a transgender female high school athlete when they competed as a male.

March 12, 2025

Maine judges refuse to take Rep Laurel Libby's court case on censure for trans athlete post

All of Maine's federal judges have recused themselves from the case involving Rep. Laurel Libby suing the state's speaker of the house over her recent censure.

March 11, 2025

Trump admin cuts funding to Maine universities as state defies order to ban trans athletes from women's sports

The USDA announced Tuesday it is halting federal funding to the University of Maine System due to the state's ongoing battle for transgender athlete inclusion.

March 11, 2025

Maine Rep Laurel Libby files lawsuit over censure for calling out trans athlete in girls' sports

Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has filed a lawsuit against Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau after she was censured for pointing out a high school trans athlete on social media.