Kara Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, won $12,400 on the show Friday.
Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Portland charter school would serve multilingual, disabled students — if lawmakers don’t intervene
The Legislature’s education committee has unanimously approved lowering Maine’s cap on the number of charter schools. It could spell trouble for a new middle and high school specializing in vulnerable populations.
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Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices
Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like ‘community’ and ‘belonging.’
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Federal judge deals another blow to church in Hutchinson Center dispute
A judge denied an evangelical church’s latest request to stop the sale of the Belfast building by the University of Maine System, which the church quickly appealed.
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Portland mock trial team prepares for first national competition in decades
Eight Casco Bay students will portray prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses as part of the extracurricular competition that combines elements of legal analysis, public speaking and theater.
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Mainers worry about repaying student loans as Education Department resumes collection
Nearly 190,000 borrowers in Maine hold a collective $6.5 billion in student loan debt that the federal government is now taking steps to collect by garnishing tax returns and Social Security benefits, among other possible moves.
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Maine arts organizations face sudden loss of federal grants
The National Endowment for the Arts notified institutions in Maine and across the country late Friday night that their grants were being terminated.
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Maine settles lawsuit against USDA over $3 million in school funds
The Department of Agriculture agreed it will not interfere with Maine school funding based on alleged Title IX violations without following the proper procedure, according to a settlement announced Friday.
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Cape Elizabeth residents file ethics complaint over school district’s ads on bond referendum
The complaint says the district and superintendent should have registered as a ballot committee because they spent more than $5,000 on advertising in support of November’s $95 million school bond vote.
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Roux Institute student had their visa terminated, ACLU confirms
This is the first publicly known instance of an international student in Maine losing their visa, although the ACLU filed a lawsuit last week to restore the status of international students in New England who have been targeted.