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US Supreme Court to hear Maine religious school tuition case
By Patrick Whittle
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
At the heart of the case is a Maine Department of Education rule that allows families who live in towns that don t have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their choosing. That program excludes religious schools.
Families who want to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville sued to try to change that, but have been denied in lower federal courts. They appealed to the high court, and the Supreme Court s order list said on Friday that it s taking up the case.
Published July 02. 2021 11:52PM
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
At the heart of the case is a Maine Department of Education rule that allows families who live in towns that don’t have public schools to receive public tuition dollars to send their children to the public or private school of their choosing. That program excludes religious schools.
Families who want to send their children to Christian schools in Bangor and Waterville sued to try to change that, but have been denied in lower federal courts. They appealed to the high court, and the Supreme Court s order list said on Friday that it s taking up the case.
Updated July 1
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State police trooper accused of racial profiling has shown a ‘pattern’ of similar behavior, lawyer alleges
A prosecutor dismissed a criminal case last year after audio captured Trooper John Darcy referring to a Black suspect as looking like a thug.
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A Maine State Police trooper took the stand for the first time Thursday to answer questions about allegations of racial profiling during his traffic stops on Interstate 95.
A prosecutor dismissed a criminal case last year after a cruiser microphone captured Trooper John Darcy describing the Black man he was pulling over as “looking like a thug.” Darcy, who is white, denied that he stops drivers because of their race.
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