BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 28, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration has paused, terminated or threatened to withhold nearly $50 million in funding to Maine’s university system, primarily affecting programs at the flagship campus in Orono. New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached much further than previously disclosed. Since Trump took over in January, the federal government notified the system that it was terminating the remaining funding for 23 federal grants.