By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“I welcome the effort to negotiate the best deal possible with Canada and open markets up. Just the duration of this volatility has, in itself, been a challenge for Maine businesses to navigate.” - Patrick Woodcock, president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, on the Trump administration’s trade war with Canada.
Researchers catch lobsters as part of long-term ecosystem survey in Maine. (Photo courtesy of GMRI.org)
ECONOMY
By Kaitlyn Budion
Canada reversed course on proposed seafood tariffs, easing concern for the impact on Maine’s lobster industry, which was facing a 25% import tax.
ENVIRONMENT
By Sydney Cromwell, Inside Climate News
As forest managers and firefighters stretch their resources to respond to wildfires in a changing climate, they’re also dealing with new uncertainties from the Trump administration’s plans to radically alter the Forest Service and the new Wildland Fire Service.
PUBLIC HEALTH
By Lauren McCauley and Peter Hall
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined nearly two dozen states in a legal challenge to conditions on federal family planning funding he said is intended to advance the Trump administration’s political agenda.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Trump has widened scope of anti-immigrant policy in second term | Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom
Collins proposes four debates before November election | Lauren McCauley
Postal Service pushes ahead on Trump order limiting vote-by-mail | Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom
Canadian tariffs to further raise prices, a top concern for voters | Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
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