SCOTUS blocks full SNAP payments

Maine Senators caucus with different parties, but they’re unified on the shutdown. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins have both continuously voted in favor of the government funding bill to reopen the government. Read this story by Torrie Herrington of NOTUS for The Maine Monitor.

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Gov. Mills orders full SNAP benefits for Maine families amid federal shutdown | News Center Maine

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments | Associated Press

Woodland Pulp pausing mill operations until end of December | The Maine Monitor

Platner taps Maine progressive leader to lead campaign | Maine Public

Maine House speaker endorses Hannah Pingree in governor’s race | Portland Press Herald

Matt Dunlap reacts to Rep. Golden dropping out of Democratic primary | WGME

Maine State Museum announces when it will reopen | WMTW

Parents in a midcoast town protest a transgender child’s place on basketball team | The Maine Monitor and Bangor Daily News

Maine native Amy Allen receives four 2026 Grammy Awards nominations | WMTW

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