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Mills demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge | Associated Press

Portland businesses post anti-ICE signs | Spectrum News Maine

Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave his car running in the street with a smashed window | The Maine Monitor

A new anti-ICE law isn't in effect yet. Maine State Police are already following it. | Portland Press Herald

ICE presence causing decline in attendance at Portland schools | Spectrum News Maine

Mills traveled to San Francisco on first day of ICE surge | Bangor Daily News

Maine faith leaders prepare for more ICE enforcement | Portland Press Herald  (Maine Monitor context: How Maine churches are reckoning with fear of immigration raids)

Cumberland County sheriff criticizes ICE tactics after arrest of corrections recruit | News Center Maine

MSAD 75 shaping plan to renovate or close schools | Times Record

ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook | Portland Press Herald

'They are doing their jobs': GOP leaders urge calm as ICE operations ramp up in Maine | WGME

Maine bills seek to help parents find and afford childcare | Spectrum News Maine

'We know you live right here,' ICE agents tell Maine woman who followed them | Bangor Daily News

Ring video shows man in Westbrook being detained by ICE agents | WGME

What last year's numbers may signal about Canadian tourism to Maine in 2026 | Portland Press Herald

Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Owen McCarthy unveils an economic plan | News Center Maine

Border Patrol arrests nine near Bethel for allegedly trying to avoid inspection | WMTW

Bill calls for Maine pension system to divest from companies accused of ties to war crimes, genocide | News Center Maine

Maine Monitor reporter Emily Bader appeared on News Center Maine earlier this week to discuss her reporting on the upcoming start of Maine's red flag law. Watch the appearance.

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

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