ORONO, Maine, June 24 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * As summer starts, the University of Maine System posts another semester of student enrollment growth More than 11,500 students have already enrolled in summer courses at Maine's public universities, which have expanded academic offerings outside the traditional fall and spring semesters to keep working students on track to in-demand degrees and upward mobility * ORONO, Maine -- more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Chairwoman McClain's WIPPES Act Passes Through the U.S. House * WASHINGTON-- Today, Chairwoman Lisa McClain's (R-Mich.) Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation requires wipe manufacturers to label their products as non-flushable to protect wastewater infrastructure from  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Former Governors in Senate: GOP Reconciliation Bill will Slash Medicaid Services, SNAP * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) led a number of his Senate colleagues who previously served as state governors to communicate to Republican leadership the devastating impacts of the Senate reconciliation bill on states. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Finance more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden statement on bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today released the following statement regarding the United States' bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities on Saturday and Iran's retaliatory strikes targeting American bases in the Middle East today: "Iran is governed by a regime that is hostile to the United States and allied with others that se more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Military Forces from Los Angeles * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to deploy the National Guard or ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fift more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Urge Leader Thune to Change Course on Proposed Cuts to Health Care and Food Assistance * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined every member of the Senate Democratic Caucus in calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to change course on Republican more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WIPPES Act Passes Through the U.S. House * Today, the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation requires wipe manufacturers to label their products as non-flushable to protect wastewater infrastructure from damage. Blockages from non-flushable wipes cost Michigan water u more PR