Earlier this week, the American Department of Agriculture (USDA) interrupted the financing of the University of Maine (UMS) system, a network of eight public colleges of the State, according to UMS officials.
On Wednesday evening, the office of the American senator Susan Collins said that the financing freezing had been reversed, according to local outlets. A reason has not been disclosed.
A spokesperson for Collins said that the overthrow came after the Collins office spoke with USDA and White House officials.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills and President Donald Trump at the White House (Getty Images)
“We are deeply grateful to [Collins] For this encouraging news and impatient to put the cervical boost and worry about last weeks behind us and to continue our good job to advance Maine, “said Chancellor Dannel Malloy of the university system and the president of the University of Maine, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, in a joint statement, via Bangor Daily News.
In the year 2024 only, the USDA granted $ 29.78 million in UMS for research, the system said. The USDA says it has provided more than $ 100 million to UMS in recent years A letter addressed to the system.
The financing break occurred during the examinations of the potential violations of the title IX and the title VI by the universities after the recent refusal of the State to comply Trump decree To keep transgender athletes outside female sports.
President Donald Trump and the Governor of Maine Janet Mills clashed at the White House for compliance with the executive order. (Pool via AP / Win McNamee / Getty Images)
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Trump threatened to reduce federal funding of Maine after a stormy exchange with Governor Janet Mills last month. This was followed by a walk against Mills near the State House, where several female athletes took the microphone during the march to denounce their democratic governor.
A day later, eight activists protested the home of representative Laurel Libby in opposition to her opinions. Libby helped ignite the disputed situation when, in early February, she identified a biological man on social networks that contributed and won a girl’s pole jump competition for Greely High School. Police protection was assigned to Greely High School during the controversy.
Democratic Governor Janet Mills delivered his speech on the state of the state on January 30, 2024 at State House in Augusta, in Maine. (AP photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
Trump has reaffirmed his intention to punish states that continue to allow athletes to compete with girls during her March 4 Address to a joint session of the Congress.
