Maine Sues After USDA Withholds School Lunch Funds

The Portland Press Herald reports:

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday challenging the USDA’s decision to withhold federal funds over Maine’s policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls high school sports. Frey’s office said funds withheld by the administration are used to feed children in schools, child care centers and after-school programming, as well as disabled adults in congregate settings.

“Under the banner of keeping children safe, the Trump administration is illegally withholding grant funds that go to keeping children fed,” Frey said in a written statement. “This is just another example where no law or consequence appears to restrain the administration as it seeks capitulation to its lawlessness. The President and his cabinet secretaries do not make the law and they are not above the law.”

Read the full article. Tweet below is from last year.

Thank you @CityofBangorME & #BangorPride for a great event & to everyone who stopped by to share your experiences, ask questions, pick up hate crimes & civil rights info, or just to say hi. Added thanks to Maine AG Aaron Frey for joining US Attorney Darcie McElwee at the event! pic.twitter.com/E6i0VMQpql

— U.S. Attorney Maine (@USAO_ME) June 24, 2024