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The Maine Monitor brings you free-to-read original investigative and in-depth reporting each week on our website and email newsletters. In addition to highlighting our original stories, in Maine's Daily Digest we share a curated snapshot of the day's significant news to keep you in touch with what's happening today in Maine. While The Maine Monitor does not place its content behind paywalls, some newsrooms we link to in this newsletter may. We encourage you to consider supporting these local Maine newsrooms.

Only 2 Maine districts make the cut for school construction funds | The Maine Monitor

Maine's economy sees progress in labor force and broadband, but housing costs remain a challenge | News Center Maine

Lobster boats must keep using tracking devices for government observation, court rules | Associated Press

Maine lawmakers won’t consider proposed ban on masks for ICE agents | Bangor Daily News

Border agents apprehend record number of people in Maine illegally | Portland Press Herald

Wood banks in Maine are increasing in number; so is the need for heat | Maine Public

Downtown businesses look forward to holiday shopping as tariffs continue | Spectrum News Maine

Susan Collins now wants to repeal part of the shutdown deal she took credit for crafting | Bangor Daily News

Angus King co-sponsors effort to repeal funding bill provision allowing senators to sue government | Portland Press Herald

Maine DHHS was late to pay 14 day cares on a single day | WMTW  (Maine Monitor context: Child care providers say the state is months behind in reimbursement payments. Lawmakers are investigating.)

How a Maine couple gave their $1.3M retirement savings to bitcoin scammers | Portland Press Herald

Republican lawmakers request review of driver’s licenses for noncitizens following deadly crashes | Portland Press Herald

Graham Platner is sharing more about post-combat struggles. Has it made his campaign more resilient? | Maine Public

As backcountry rescues rise, some Maine first responders turning to location app for help | Bethel Citizen

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