Thu Feb 27 00:10:00 UTC 2025: ## Mills Vows Legal Action Against Potential Federal Education Funding Cuts
**AUGUSTA, ME** – Governor Janet Mills today issued a strong rebuke to President [President’s Last Name]’s threat to withhold federal education funding from Maine. In a statement released from her office, Governor Mills declared that her administration, in conjunction with the Maine Attorney General, will pursue all available legal avenues to protect the state’s educational funding if the President attempts to follow through on the threat. “The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President’s threats,” Mills stated, emphasizing the importance of maintaining federal funding for Maine’s schoolchildren. The Governor’s office did not elaborate on the specifics of the President’s threat but vowed to fight for the continued flow of federal education dollars to the state.