Why electricity rates for Mainers are going up

Question 1 could stop Maine prisoners from voting. The referendum question would require voters to show IDs that prisoners currently can’t have. 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.

Maine hired contractor to organize timely visits for families in child welfare cases. It delivered 10% of the time. | The Maine Monitor

Dozens of Maine communities see second round of 'No Kings' rallies | Maine Public

Question 1 could stop Maine prisoners from voting | The Maine Monitor

The Mills-Platner primary is a reckoning for Democrats hungry for new voices | Portland Press Herald

Electricity rates for Mainers are going up because more natural gas is being sold overseas | The Maine Monitor

DNC chair says Graham Platner’s old posts ‘not disqualifying’ amid campaign fallout | Bangor Daily News

Maine food pantries weathering funding cuts with help from retailers | Portland Press Herald (Maine Monitor context: Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage while anticipating cuts)

In Franklin County, officials are debating who has ultimate say over the budget: county commissioners or the budget advisory committee? | The Maine Monitor

Bill Clarke announces Senate run to challenge Sen. Collins | WGME

On Eastern Egg Rock, puffins get the last laugh | The Maine Monitor

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Maine Monitor reporter Rose Lundy was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year on Saturday night, and several other members of our newsroom earned accolades at the annual Maine Press Association conference. Read the full story.

Join us for our next listening tour stops in Jackman and Augusta. We'll be at the Northland Hotel in Jackman on October 21st from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and at The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine in Augusta on October 23rd from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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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