Luisa S. Deprez is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southern Maine. She is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a Title IX investigation into the University of Maine system for allegedly “disregarding” President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender ...

Classrooms across Maine are at the center of a funding dispute as the Trump administration threatens to withhold the state's ...

Langston University students looking to become farmers react to the suspension of a crucial USDA scholarship program.

Trump: “Are you not going to comply with it?” Mills: “I will comply with the state and federal law.” Trump: “Well, I’m, we are the federal law. [I needed to pause for a moment because common sense got ...

Last year, the University of Maine used a nearly $30 million USDA grant to fund research to mitigate PFAS on Maine farms, among other initiatives.

Appeals court with no GOP nominees says parents have no right to "preferred educational experience for their child," knowing ...

The Trump administration’s decision to suspend a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scholarship program is raising ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating whether the institution follows the president's executive order but have ...

On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it would withhold federal funding if the University of Maine did not adhere to President Donald Trump’s executive order, ...

Hours later, the state was notified of the first of two investigations launched over violations of Trump's ban on trans ...