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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.

How the UMaine System is preparing for a looming enrollment cliff | Bangor Daily News

Graham Platner says controversies have ‘strengthened’ his campaign | Bangor Daily News

Maine school principal appears to wear ICE costume on Halloween, drawing outrage from immigrant rights group | Spectrum News Maine

Collins says Tuesday’s election may be key to ending shutdown | Portland Press Herald

Lewiston House member steps down to take job in Senate president’s office | Spectrum News Maine

Maine among states challenging Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness | Associated Press   (Maine Monitor context: Tracking Maine’s legal challenges to Trump’s agenda)

Mainers urged to check out ACA marketplace options despite uncertainty about enhanced tax credits | Maine Public

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November | Associated Press

Maine has split into two drastically different housing markets | Bangor Daily News

A year out from the midterms, Democrats aren’t certain of a 2018 repeat | NOTUS

This Maine candidate went from a Democrat to a Republican tied to Paul LePage | Bangor Daily News

Portland City Council expected to vote on plan to quadruple snow ban parking fines | WGME

Daniella Diaz, a reporter for NOTUS, spoke with News Center Maine this morning about how the government shutdown and how although Sens. Collins and King caucus with different parties, they're unified on the shutdown. The Maine Monitor recently partnered with NOTUS on coverage of Maine's congressional delegation. Watch the appearance.

Thanks for allowing me to provide you with a look at today's news. We'll be back with more tomorrow.

Have feedback or a correction? Let us know directly: george@themainemonitor.org.

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