By Eesha Pendharkar | Senior Reporter
“This means everything. This is a day that many residents, community members thought would never come, because it has been a 50, 60 year battle.” -Saco Mayor Jodi MacPhail on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $45 million project to mitigate damage to the Camp Ellis shoreline
Supporters march and wave signs after a rally in Cumberland, Maine on Sunday, March 23, 2025, calling on Maine lawmakers, and local MSAD51 school officials, to support transgender student athletes. (Photo by Troy R. Bennett/ Maine Morning Star)
By Eesha Pendharkar
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday upholding transgender athlete bans in other states, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state will continue to defend its inclusive policies.
By Emma Davis
With midterm elections four months away, the favorable decision in the GOP-led challenge is anticipated to have a near immediate impact — expanding big money in politics, giving candidates more direct control over spending and opening up the floodgates for more TV advertising.
By Kaitlyn Budion
More than 150 years after the federal government built a navigational jetty in Saco, work is underway to remedy the severe coastal erosion the jetty unleashed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday marked the start of construction for a $45 million shore damage mitigation project at Camp Ellis Beach in Saco.
By Ariana Figueroa
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.In the decision, a majority of the justices upheld the country’s long understanding of automatic citizenship by birth on American soil, regardless of the immigration status of a newborn’s parents.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Trump’s sharpened focus on investigating elections raises fears of midterm meddling | Jonathan Shorman, States Newsroom
US Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia | Jacob Fischler and Shauneen Miranda, States Newsroom
Flouting Trump policy, federal judges are freeing immigrants from mandatory detention | Tim Henderson, Stateline
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