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Today's photo of the day: at Pemaquid Point by Karen Carson

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A woman hit her son in a grocery store parking lot. She says it was a spanking. The state says it was child abuse.

The story of one Maine woman’s fight to get her son back offers a rare glimpse inside the state’s secretive child welfare system.

Read this Maine Monitor story by Josh Keefe

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Maine braces for extreme heat as temperatures soar to season highs this week | WGME

Mills signs $320M sup­ple­mental budget into law | Spectrum News Maine

Mills issues her first vetoes of Maine legislative session | Bangor Daily News

Bill to help electricity customers in Maine heads to governor's desk | WGME

Maine’s hospitals say they’re under threat by proposed Medicaid cuts | Portland Press Herald and Morning Sentinel

Mills faces hecklers at Maine moose permit lottery drawing | Bangor Daily News

Maine solar company says tax credit changes could slow installations, force layoffs | Portland Press Herald

Emails reveal DOGE canceled Maine’s newborn Social Security program | Bangor Daily News

Home prices hit new historic high in Maine last month | Maine Public

Where in Maine are you most likely to get a dangerous tick bite? | Portland Press Herald

The closure of a Bangor syringe provider also hit rural Maine | Bangor Daily News

Maine Monitor reporter Josh Keefe appeared on News Center Maine today to talk about his reporting on a Presque Isle child welfare case that offers a rare glimpse inside Maine’s secretive child welfare system. Watch the appearance.

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