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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The public discourse is this is a college thing, and it’s not.”
— Jeff Burroughs, head of Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, on the federal government pausing visas for international students.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A federal pause on visas is threatening Maine schools that depend on international students. The Trump administration stopped scheduling visas for international students in late May to expand vetting of their social media.
Maine is in danger of running out of money to pay public defenders. The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services faces a $13 million funding gap that could hit in less than a year.
Gov. Janet Mills issued her first vetoes of the legislative session. Mills has rejected proposals related to public defense, protections for agricultural employees, oversight of the state ferry service, and state use of eminent domain to take Native American land.
One of Maine’s biggest real estate companies is expanding to Mount Desert Island. A merger will allow Portside Real Estate Group to meet demand it has felt from consumers, according to the company’s founder.
Maine is going to be very hot today.Here are some places to cool down, and pools that are open in Bangor.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- New I-395 extension to Route 9 opens this weekend
- Orono approves $16M budget
- Emails reveal DOGE canceled Maine’s newborn Social Security program
- Janet Mills faces hecklers at Maine moose permit lottery drawing
- Opponents want to buy the site of a rejected Blue Hill housing development
- Janet Mills signs budget addition with higher Maine cigarette tax into law
- A woman hit her son in a grocery store parking lot. She says it was a spanking. The state says it was child abuse.
- Old Town man identified as motorcyclist in fatal Bangor crash
- A Maine horse was rescued with an excavator last weekend
- With sunshine and batteries, Maine oyster growers are starting to electrify their operations
- 56-year-old Maine State Prison inmate dies
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Breaking down barriers that have traditionally limited who partakes in Maine’s outdoor heritage is an unequivocally good thing, both ecologically and economically.”
Opinion: Efforts to connect more Mainers to nature deserve our appreciation and support
LIFE IN MAINE
Rihanna’s bodyguard is working with an Amish saddler to make bulletproof bags.
Cooper Flagg’s hometown is buzzing ahead of the NBA draft.