Maine Governor Janet Mills has been named one of three 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureates, honored for her moral courage and steadfast defense of civil rights. RFK Human Rights recognized her for successfully suing the federal government and the Trump administration to restore school nutrition funding for 172,000 Maine children.
Governor Mills called the award “a humbling honor,” citing her lifelong commitment to upholding the Constitution and defending the rule of law.
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