Saturday - April 19, 2025
*Maine Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Sunday April 13, 2025 ( 3 items )  

As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

Rounds Reintroduces Several Agriculture Priorities for Congress
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Reintroduces Several Agriculture Priorities for Congress WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced four pieces of legislation outlining agriculture policy priorities for the 119th Congress. This includes legislation to update safety net programs, expand markets for meat and poultry products and prevent against federal government overreach. Because each of these bills  more

Senator Collins Announces Penobscot Nation DOI Funding Restored
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces Penobscot Nation DOI Funding Restored Washington, D.C. - Following a meeting last month with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation and further consultation with the Administration, today, Senator Collins announced that her office has received notice from the Department of the Interior (DOI) that $4 million in previously paused federal funding for the Nation has resum  more