Morning Links - Saturday March 8, 2025

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Arts

Portland actor who started in community theater is thriving on the small screen 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Prime Video’s hit ‘Reacher’ heads to Maine in its third season 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Asylum Seekers

Maine immigration attorney shares details on ICE crackdown strategy - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Bears, Sharks, and Zombies

Coyote sightings in Bangor neighborhood prompt concern for pets 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Civil Rights

Letter: Protections for Maine’s disabled are at risk 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Climate Emergency

More than a year after devastating storms, communities shift to resilience 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Effort to replenish Maine’s depleted EV incentive program could also reduce electricity costs 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Maine’s ‘energy economy’ grows as Trump cuts loom over zero-carbon power 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: Net energy billing benefits Mainers 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Community

Lost your ring at the beach or lake? Ring Finders of Maine can help you find it 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Constitutional Crisis

Trump’s Title IX investigation of Maine was a sham 🏛 Bangor Daily News

How much federal education funding is at risk in Maine? Here are four charts that break it down. 🏛 The Maine Monitor

Health and Human Services reiterates threats of pulling Maine’s funding over Title IX 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Feds reinstate Mainers' ability to register newborns for Social Security numbers at hospital 🏛 Maine Public

Social Security reverses course, will allow Maine parents to register newborns at hospital 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Social Security quickly reverses ending newborn registration in Maine hospitals 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Feds cancel Maine parents’ ability to register newborns for Social Security numbers at hospital 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Susan Collins and Angus King ask Social Security to explain abrupt Maine shift 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Sea Grant provides Maine the ‘benefit of the bargain’ that Trump administration seeks 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Sea Grant funding whiplash a warning to us all 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Union leaders in Maine condemn canceled TSA officers contract 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Weather Service halts weather balloon work in Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Essential weather balloon launches intermittently suspend at National Weather Service in Gray 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Mainers to urge members of Congress to protect consumers, CFPB in meetings next week 🏛 Maine People's Alliance

Judge stops Trump from cutting funding to the National Institutes of Health - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Maine could face some of the biggest impacts from proposed NIH cuts, report says - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Resources available for federal workers in Maine navigating unemployment 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Opinion: USAID is good for the world, the country and Maine 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Janet Mills says Trump’s tariff chaos harms the Maine economy 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Gov. Mills responds after President Trump's decision to delay some tariffs 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

UMaine students hold Pro-Palestine protest despite threats from President Donald Trump 🏛 Maine Public

UMaine students rally for Palestinians despite Trump’s threats 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Letter: DOGE is not finding fraud 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Education

SMCC campus center missing part of its roof 🏛 Reddit

Maine Artificial Intelligence Conference - UMaine AI 🏛 University of Maine

Seeking to improve services for students with autism, UMaine Counseling Center taps special education professor’s expertise 🏛 University of Maine

Environment

At least three bills to bolster PFAS remediation efforts headed to full Legislature 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Letter: All of Maine’s land is prime 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Guns

Red flag law citizen initiative officially valid to appear on November ballot 🏛 Maine Morning Star

Red flag proposal from gun safety advocates qualifies for November ballot 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘Red flag’ law referendum qualifies for Maine ballot 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Maine gun control groups' bid for red flag law qualifies for ballot 🏛 Maine Public

ME Gun Safety Initiative Heading to Ballot 🏛 Maine Gun Safety Coalition

Health Care

Study reveals abortion bans limit a state’s economic growth 🏛 Maine Beacon

Advocates and Lawmakers push for increased funding for Maine Planned Parenthood 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Maine recovery advocates push for more access to detox programs 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Housing

Down East is the ‘last refuge’ for affordable oceanfront property in Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Justice

Maine to drop charges, release people from jail over public defense failures 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Labor

Abbott Labs sued for alleged ADA, human rights and whistleblower protection violations 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Lewiston Mass Shooting

Key details in forensic evaluation of Lewiston shooter redacted from public release 🏛 Maine Public

LGBTQIA+

MDI lawmaker says he made mistake co-sponsoring transgender sports bill 🏛 Bangor Daily News

38% of LGBTQ+ youth in Maine have considered suicide, national report says 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Skowhegan-area school board to consider compliance with Trump order 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Susan Collins says Title IX should bar trans athletes from girls sports 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Culture wars drove me away from the GOP 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Opinion: Not even President Trump can control developmental biology 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Outdoors

This mountain’s panoramic views are unmatched in western Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Politics

State legislative committee rejects cap on GA housing support, but funding questions remain 🏛 Maine Public

Opinion: Maine’s budget should reduce income inequality – not make it worse. 🏛 Maine Beacon

Attempt to recall Maine governor halted by constitutional law 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Breaking down why Maine governor's approval ratings have taken a tumble - YouTube - WMTW-TV

Paul LePage is exploring a run for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District 🏛 Piscataquis Observer

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson eyes run for governor in 2026 🏛 Maine Public

Former Maine Senate President Jackson exploring run for governor 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson explores a run for governor 🏛 Bangor Daily News

Letter: Republican Senate recalls a zoo 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Bowdoin College will not change investment practices despite pro-Palestine encampment 🏛 Portland Press Herald

‘I’m afraid for this country’: Ukrainians in Maine worry for their homeland, new homes 🏛 Portland Press Herald

Things to Do

Natural Affinity 🏛 SPACE

New England's largest craft beer conference pours into Portland 🏛 WCSH News Center Maine

Portland speakeasy brings the works of Edgar Allen Poe to life - YouTube - CBS 13 News

Transportation

Maine DOT takes over project to address traffic west of Portland - YouTube - NEWS CENTER Maine

Traffic light down on Forest Ave 🏛 Reddit

Crash causes power outages at Portland Jetport 🏛 WMTW

Vacationland

Radar confirms meteorite fell over Down East Maine 🏛 Bangor Daily News