Earlier this week, the US Ministry of Agriculture (USDA) Paused financing At the University of Maine System (UMS), a network of eight public faculties in the country, according to UMS officials.
Wednesday night, American Senator Susan Collins‘The office said the freezing of the funds is the other way around, according to local outlets. The reason was not discovered.
Collins spokesman said the reversal followed after Collins’s office also spoke with the USDA officials and the White House.
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Maine Government Janet Mills and President Donald Trump in the White House (Getty Images)
“We are deeply grateful [Collins] For this encouraging news and eager to put on the whip and care of the last weeks behind us and continue our good work to move Maine forward, “said Chancellor 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.
In the Fiscal year alone in 2024, USDA has awarded $ 29.78 million to the UMS for research, the system announced. USDA claims that UMS has secured over $ 100 million in recent years in letter addressed to the system.
The funding break followed during a review of the potential titles of IX and the violation of the title VI by the University after the recent rejection of the state Trump’s executive order to keep transgender athletes outside the female sport.
President Donald Trump and the Government of Maine Janet Mills clashed in the White House for the compliance of the executive order. (Pool by AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump threatened to reduce the federal financing of Maine after a tumultuous exchange with the Janet Mills Government last month. This is followed with March against the mill Near the state house, where several athletes took the microphone on the march to speak against his governor of Democrat.
A day later, eight activists protested outside the home of Ambassador Laurel Libby contrary to her views. Libby helped to light a controversial situation when she identified a biological man at the social media who competed and won a competition for the Greely High School High School. Police protection was awarded to Greely High School during controversy.
The Democratic Government Janet Mills brings its state address on January 30, 2024 at the State House in Augustus, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Trump has reaffirmed his intention of punishing countries that continue to allow trans athletes to compete with the girls during his March 4th. Address to a joint session of the Congress.
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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