Press Herald - Maine remains committed to offering free school meals for all students, but that program could get harder to fund under short- and long-term cuts to federal nutrition benefits. During the latest school year, the state received about $67 million in federal funding for school meal reimbursements. That’s 56% of the total cost of providing free school lunches to every student statewide. Read this story.
The Portland City Council on Wednesday moved to accept a $21 million federal transportation grant for Portland International Jetport, despite a recently added requirement that the city cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, if it accepted the money. Councilor Wes Pelletier said in a text after the meeting that the council was sticking with the decision it made in January to accept the funding. Read this story
Question 1 would make changes to absentee voting, an option Mainers increasingly like