Morning Links - Tuesday February 11, 2025

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Arts

idiot boy by mike babbitt - YouTube - edward babbitt

Business

Letter: Maine needs to expand its economy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Civil Rights

Inclusion Maine conference abruptly postponed 🏛 Mainebiz

Climate Emergency

Relief groups say they're struggling to keep pace with rise in natural disasters 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Constitutional Crisis

Maine group wins court order pausing Trump restrictions on birthright citizenship 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship ... 🏛 ACLU of Maine

NH judge third to block Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship 🏛 Maine Morning Star

NH judge latest to block Trump's order ending birthright citizenship 🏛 Maine Public

Maine joins 21 states to sue Trump administration over NIH fundingcuts 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine, 21 other states get restraining order to halt medical research funding cuts 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine universities would lose $7.5M under Donald Trump’s research cuts 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research 🏛 State of Maine

Frey joins 20 other AGs asking to halt Trump administration federal employee ‘buyout’ offer 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Uncertainty around federal funding leaves Maine nonprofits in limbo 🏛 Maine Public

USDA grant halt squeezes farmers, threatens rising consumer costs 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

How would federal education changes impact Maine schools? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: DOGE should investigate Elon Musk’s government contracts 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Trump’s tariffs leave Americans paying the price 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine farmers report impacts from Trump's federal funding freeze - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Sen. King joins group trying to protect veterans' personal info from DOGE - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine nonprofits forced to end some work abroad amid USAID uncertainty - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Rep. Golden praises Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as agency targeted by Musk, DOGE - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Elections

Maine super intendents oppose making Election Day a school holiday 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Environment

Harpswell has 44 of Maine’s 600 remaining overboard discharge systems 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Stricter lobster fishing rules scrapped after complaints from fishermen about harm to industry 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Food and Drink

Food Stamp Snafu May Doom Portland Neighborhood Market 🏛 The Bollard

Help save Fresh Approach! 🏛 Reddit

Health Care

GOP lawmakers threaten Medicaid funding, putting rural hospitals at risk 🏛 Maine Center for Economic Policy

Opinion: MaineHealth is abandoning adults with ADHD 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Justice

Defamation lawsuit over lobster sustainability certification to go forward 🏛 Maine Public

Massachusetts men face slew of drug charges after Maine chase 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Outdoors

Winter is Prime Time for Birding in Maine 🏛 Down East

Acadia National Park in Winter is a Little-Visited Marvel 🏛 Down East

Police

2 bodies found in Portland woods, police investigating 🏛 WGME

Portland police: 2 bodies found in woods behind Hannaford 🏛 WMTW

Police Investigate Deaths of Two Homeless Men in Riverside Street Area 🏛 Munjoy Hill News

Police: Two men found dead in wooded area in Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Photography

Wilson’s Cove Trail, Harpwell — by Anne Rankin 🏛 Natural Resources Council of Maine

Crescent beach tonight. 🏛 Reddit

Wherever the scenic stop is south of Alfred this morning as sun rose 🏛 Reddit

"Nonantum Light" - Kennebunkport, Maine. 🏛 Reddit

Moonlight on my farmhouse, Albion 🏛 Reddit

Mooonset with sea smoke over Portland Harbor this morning! 🏛 Reddit

Sea smoke seen over Casco Bay in Portland - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Politics

‘Ounce of prevention worth pound of cure’: tensions arise in hearings on Mills’ budget plan 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Debate heats up over time-of-use electricity pricing in Maine sessions 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

LD 246: An Act to Establish the Option of Sentencing Alternatives for Primary Caregivers; Family-Focused Sentencing Reform 🏛 Daily Bulldog

Bill sparked by Hutchinson Center flap would give towns 'right of first refusal' on university sales 🏛 Maine Public

Bill aims to end yearly vehicle inspection requirements in Maine - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Letter: Disappointed in Golden’s response to Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Susan Collins is too often submitting to Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Susan Collins needs to stand up to Donald Trump 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Susan Collins calls Trump’s biomedical research funding cuts ‘poorly conceived’ 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Susan Collins is actively strengthening Maine communities 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Collins’ support for Gabbard not surprising 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Maine Sen. Collins says she supports RFK Jr. for HHS secretary 🏛 FOX 23

Opinion: What exactly happened on Nov. 5, 2024? 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bowdoin pro-Palestinian activists face suspension after 5-day encampment 🏛 Maine Public

Students inside encampment suspended as Bowdoin College President Zaki aims to bring demonstration to a close 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bowdoin students conclude pro-Palestine protest, call action an ‘immense success’ 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Manifest Destiny and its echoes: from the Trail of Tears to a Riviera in the Middle East 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Make Maine Canadian again 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Public Safety

Working group recommends regulating intoxicating hemp products 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

South Portland drug bust raises concerns over lookalike packaging 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Sports

Sea Dogs Partner with Tec Academy to Host Summer ... 🏛 Minor League Baseball

Portland Sea Dogs to host blood drive in honor of Valentine's Day Bandit - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Skijoring returns to Topsham - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Great snow conditions for annual Topsham skijoring event - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

State

Maine counties received $261 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Things to Do

R.A.P. Ferreira and BLAX: The Situations ＆ Spectacle Tour 🏛 SPACE

MPA Basketball Regional Championships 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

MPA Basketball Tournament 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

MPA Basketball State Championships 🏛 Cross Insurance Arena (Cumberland County Civic Center)

YES＆Co. with Leonard Kimble - Portland 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

yes＆Co improv comedy with storyteller, sallyann gray 🏛 Merrill Auditorium

Puppy Snuggles 🏛 Visit Portland

Pride Portland! 🏛 Visit Portland

Tom DiMenna Sings Story Songs of the 70s LIVE STREAM 🏛 One Longfellow Square

The week of February 10th Part 1 *underlining represents Maine based musici… 🏛 Bluesky - Portland Noise

The week of February 10 Part 2 *underlining represents Maine based musician… 🏛 Bluesky - Portland Noise

~~ This Sunday! FREE Show! ~~ Improv-A-Ganza! A "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Style Comedy Show! 🏛 Reddit

Hellp Portland! Join us for a night of LONGFORM IMPROV next Thursday 2/20 at Novel on Congress St! Witness 3 local improv troupes present an entire comedic performance based off just one suggestion. Located downstairs in the Speakeasy! 🏛 Reddit

Celebrate love, kindness, and self-appreciation at Maine Children's Museum

Celebrate love, kindness, and self-appreciation at Maine Children's Museum - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Voter Suppression

Maine lawmakers debate bill to end same-day voter registration - YouTube - CBS 13 News