President Donald Trump is coming for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s money.
The Trump administration said Maine’s efforts to have diversity in its hiring practices is “discriminatory” and has to stop.
Until this week, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife had a policy to attempt to have a 50/50 balance on hiring panels who interview potential employees.
The federal government threatened to cut off all grant funds to the department if it didn’t reverse the practice.
A spokesperson for the wildlife department said it has “relinquished” and dropped the policy.
It’s not clear if the funding has been restored.