Will forecasted rain help with ongoing drought?

Here’s what you need to know about Maine’s two ballot questions this November. The two questions, both of which were put forward by Maine citizens, will ask voters whether they want to change voter ID and absentee voting rules and whether they want to implement a red flag law. Read this Maine Monitor story by Emily Bader.

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.

FBI investigating package stuffed with 250 blank Maine ballots, secretary of state says | Portland Press Herald

Early voting starts today in Maine | Maine Public

State launches new heating guide as fewer households rely on oil heat | News Center Maine

Maine state auditor defies national Democrats, launches primary against moderate Jared Golden | NOTUS

DOJ abandons attempt to restrict crime survivor programs after lawsuit, Maine AG says | Portland Press Herald

Collins opposes Trump's shutdown layoff threats, but blames Democrats for the funding impasse | Maine Public

Inside the talks that led a contaminated Maine compost plant to be shut down | Bangor Daily News

Will forecasted rain help with ongoing drought? | Morning Sentinel

Rival Maine mill towns consider a once-unthinkable merger | The Maine Monitor & Bangor Daily News

Join us for our next listening tour stops in Bangor and Sanford. We'll be at Chimera Coffee in Bangor on October 7th from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and at
the Goodall Memorial Library in Sanford from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on October 9th.

The Maine Monitor and NOTUS team up to cover Maine’s congressional delegation in D.C.

NOTUS reporter and Allbritton Journalism Institute fellow Torrie Herrington will closely follow the Maine and Vermont delegations as a reporter for the NOTUS Washington Bureau Initiative, a nationwide program that gives readers across the country critical reporting from Washington.

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this edition was curated by george harvey

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