The Trump Administration and Maine Reached An Agreement that Restoreed Funding for Schoolchildren, Maine’s Attorney General Said Friday, Part of A feud Between the President and the State’s Governor Over Policies on Transgender Athletes.
The State’s Attorney General, Aaron M. Frey, Said His Office Had withdrawn a Lawsuit It Filed in the Funding Freeze, Which Had Held Up Around $ 3 million, He estimated, and was initiated by the agriculture Department Last Month. The Federal Dollars, Mr. Frey Said in an Interview, Pay for Food Preparation in Schools and Child Care Carers, and also Assist in Feeding Disabled Adults in Congregate Settings.
The Agriculture Department, Which Did Now IMMEDIATELY LISS TO A Request for Comment, Had Said The Freeze WOULD NOT DEPRIVE CHILDREN OF FOOD.
The Conflict Between President Trump and Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, A Democrat, Escalated at an Event at the White House in February. Mr. Trump Told Ms. Mills that she had “Better comply” with his executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ Sports. The Governor, Whose State has refused to follow the order, replicated, “See you in short.”
The Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, Cited the State’s Unwilling Gangess to Comply with the Executive Order when the Federal Funds Were Frozen. She Said in a stattement in April that her agency was reviewing Grants Awarded to Maine by the Biden Administration, casting them as potentiallly “waseful, reducing, or otherwise againt the priorities of the trump administration.”
Five Days Later, Mr. Frey Filed His Lawsuit, Saying that the pause was affecting Children and At-Risk adults.
“The Food Doesn’t Just Buy Itself, Deliver Itself, Cook Itself,” Mr. Frey Said Friday, Adding that the Trump Administration Had Tried to “Bully” Maine. “The message here is if you don it follow the law and you try to target maine without relying on any shred of law to support it, we go to have to have you to short.
The White House Did Now IMMIDATELY LISSED TO A Request for Comment.
