WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Fight to Help Home Renters Continue Receiving Emergency Assistance * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), with a bicameral group of his House and Senate colleagues, is calling on Congressional Appropriations leadership to include enough funding for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program as part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding legislation. Tens of thousands of  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release: * * * Law Updates Septic System Rules to Protect Maine's Clean Water (Augusta, ME) - A bill to strengthen water quality statewide through modest changes to Maine's septic system rules has been signed into law by Governor Janet Mills after receiving overwhelming approval from lawmakers. The changes were specifically crafted not to increase the burden on property owners but rather to ensure new more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces Release of TRIO Upward Bound Grants for Maine * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Department of Education has released the TRIO Upward Bound grants--which fund programs preparing high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds for college--to current grant recipients in Maine. This act more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Presses Secretary of Education on Elimination of TRIO, Pell Grant Expansion Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the propo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on President's Rescissions Package Request Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a statement on the President's rescissions package request. "The Congress has received from the Administration a $9.4 billion package of proposed rescissions of funding that had be more PR

BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE opens integrated medical education center on Portland Campus for the Health Sciences The Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences, the flagship facility of UNE's health sciences campus in Portland, will transform the future of health care in Maine By Alan Bennett The University of New England today inaugurated the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences, a state-of-the-art med more PR