Press Herald Maine Republicans are again calling for Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to resign, citing her office’s refusal to provide voter information requested by the Trump administration. The renewed calls follow earlier efforts in 2023 to remove her from office for trying to remove Donald Trump’s name from the presidential primary ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol. Read this story.
Roll Call - A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a Maine family planning provider to block the law that prevents such providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for a year if they also offer abortions.
Maine Family Planning, the largest network of reproductive health services providers in Maine, sued the Trump administration last month over the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” law passed by congressional Republicans under the budget reconciliation process.
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker of the District Court of Maine, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018, denied a motion for a preliminary injunction, writing that “Congress is entitled to withhold federal funds and otherwise disassociate from conduct that is not enshrined as a constitutional right.”