Some school districts starting year without new budget

How Maine churches are reckoning with fear of immigration raids. Faith leaders are working to set up protocols for interacting with federal agents and ensuring immigrants know their rights, as well as helping to launch an ICE Watch initiative. Click the image to read this Maine Monitor story by Sean Scott.

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Maine Turnpike Authority expects heavy traffic this holiday weekend | WGME

Roughly a half dozen school districts in Maine are starting the year without a new budget | Maine Public (Maine Monitor context: What happens to school budgets when Mainers vote ‘no’?)

Federal judge in Maine orders release of Ecuadorian man whom Border Patrol flew to Texas | Portland Press Herald

Maine to keep millions in AmeriCorps funding after settling federal lawsuit | WMTW

As international student arrival drops nationally, Maine colleges see little change | Portland Press Herald

New regional collaboration could boost stalled northern Maine power line effort | Bangor Daily News

Maine trees are already dropping leaves, several weeks earlier than normal | WMTW

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice | Maine Public

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