By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“We’re going to arrest them, and then we’re going to arrest them in a public space, which could cause more problems and put our officers at risk, the public at risk, and the person we’re serving the detainer at risk.” - DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, warning leaders of sanctuary states at the national governors meeting in Oklahoma City.
A group of mostly Democratic-led states is challenging a Trump administration rule that would force them to provide data on people receiving antipoverty benefits. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
JUSTICE
By Lilo H. Stanton, New Jersey Monitor
The Trump administration’s demand for states to provide Social Security numbers, immigration status, and other private information on low-income residents who receive cash benefits is improper and unconstitutional, a group of mostly Democratic-led states alleges in a new lawsuit.
COMMENTARY
By Mark Shaffer
Hospitals closures would cost Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington counties anywhere from $15.8 to $113.5 million in wages each, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy.
ELECTION 2026
By Emma Davis
This week Mainers will start to see Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson’s first ad, in which he pitches that the state is ready for change.
JUSTICE
By Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom
States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, two dozen Democratic state officials told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mainers can start requesting absentee ballots for November election | Emma Davis, Maine Morning Star
Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law | Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom
Trump official urges governors to help with immigration arrests of ‘worst of the worst’ | Kevin Hardy, Stateline
Legal services contract expires, and unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation | Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom
Blanche asserts ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead, wins key GOP support in US Senate | Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Today’s children could prosper in tomorrow’s shortage of young workers | Tim Henderson, Stateline
Michigan reports two fatalities amid cyclosporiasis outbreak | Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance
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