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This Day in Maine gathers together the news that matters to Mainers. The nightly show features stories from the award-winning MPBN News team.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025: Gov. Mills still undecided about Senate run; Maine will not hand over voter registration lists to federal officials

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 11:19

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

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Monday, July 28, 2025: Maine social services agencies react to homelessness executive order; Sen. King on famine in Gaza

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 8:05

This Day in Maine for Monday, July 28, 2025.

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Friday, July 25th, 2025: Advocates push for nuclear power in Maine; hikers stranded on Mt. Katahdin

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 14:47

This Day in Maine for Friday, July 25th, 2025.

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Thursday, July 24th, 2025: Funding crisis for court-appointed defenders; train engineer sues Canadian Pacific Railway over derailment

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 6:21

This Day in Maine for Thursday, July 24th, 2025.

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025: Lobstermen call for extension on right whale regulatory moratorium; MaineGeneral Health sues over insulin prices

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 11:57

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025: Maine's only medical school worried about new federal borrowing caps; state's first official Commercial Fishing Remembrance Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 9:12

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

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Monday, July 21, 2025: Maine school districts receive some withheld funding back; piping plovers return in records to Maine beaches

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 7:05

This Day in Maine for Monday, July 21, 2025.

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Friday, July 18th, 2025: Penobscot Nation protests Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion; field taking shape for Maine's 2026 gubernatorial election

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 18:54

This Day in Maine for Friday, July 18th, 2025.

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Thursday, July 17th, 2025: CMP wants regulators to approve $450 grid resilience plan; new bus service to Bath Iron Works hits the road

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 16:40

This Day in Maine for Thursday, July 17th, 2025.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025: Maine Family Planning sues over Medicaid cuts; Canadian border crossings down again in June

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 9:02

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Federal judge blocks Maine's super-PAC law; Maine joins lawsuit over federal education funding cuts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 10:00

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

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Monday, July 14, 2025: Appeals court agrees Maine's voter-approved foreign elections law is unconstitutional; point-in-time count documents dip in homelessness

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 7:33

This Day in Maine for Monday, July 14, 2025.

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Friday, July 11, 2025: HIV outbreak in Penobscot County; security upgrades at the Blaine House

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 12:16

This Day in Maine for Friday, July 11, 2025.

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Thursday, July 10, 2025: Labor unions that represent federal workers in Maine say they are bracing for the worst after a US Supreme Court decision allows Trump Administration to proceed with large-scale layoffs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 5:32

This Day in Maine Thursday, July 10, 2025

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025: Planned Parenthood calls on the state to fill Medicaid funding gaps; flash flooding risks in Maine

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 7:06

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025: Bacteria on Maine's beaches; why the state's solar power subsidy program is ending

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 9:03

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

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Monday, July 7, 2025: Sen. Collins on Trump's rescission package; funding for Aroostook County's first drug court

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 5:26

This Day in Maine for Monday, July 7, 2025.

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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025: Gov. Mills warns GOP tax and spending plan will upend Maine's budget; Sen. Collins discusses her vote against the legislation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 19:54

This Day in Maine for Thursday, July 3rd, 2025.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025: Maine public schools lose $25M in federal funds; scrutiny of state economic development tax credits

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 13:20

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025: GOP mega-spending bill clears US Senate despite Collins opposition; an increase in Maine school closures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 12:40

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

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Monday, June 30, 2025: Maine's US senators weigh GOP mega-bill; Bar Harbor cruise ship traffic down

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 7:20

This Day in Maine for Monday, June 30, 2025.

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Friday, June 27th, 2025: ACLU of Maine files class action lawsuit after Supreme Court opens door to President Trump's birthright citizenship ban

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 9:48

This Day in Maine for Friday, June 27th, 2025.

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Thursday, June 26th, 2025: State lawmakers approve $4.5 million for homeless shelters; Gov. Mills warns federal spending bill would hurt Maine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 16:27

This Day in Maine for Thursday, June 26th, 2025.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025: Senator Susan Collins presses Trump officials about $9 billion in cuts to international aid and public broadcasting programs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 12:36

This Day in Maine Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025: Senator Susan Collins questions Trump officials about proposals to cut more than $9 billion from international aid and public broadcasting programs already approved by Congress

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 12:36

This Day in Maine Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025: Maine swelters under oppressive heat; Rick Bennett joins crowded gubernatorial race

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 11:48

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

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Monday, June 23, 2025: Mills signs budget; impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts on Mainers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 15:19

This Day in Maine for Monday, June 23, 2025.

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Friday, June 20th, 2025: Judge restores AmeriCorps funding; state lawmakers wrap up legislative session

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 16:43

This Day in Maine for Friday, June 20th, 2025.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025: State lawmakers work into the night to finalize budget

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 14:32

This Day in Maine Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025: Maine lawmakers race to finish work; state affordable housing subsidies run dry

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 8:21

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

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Monday, June 16, 2025: Mills meets Canadian premiers in Boston; Maine's free community college program may end this year

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 6:36

This Day in Maine for Monday, June 16, 2025.

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Friday, June 13, 2025: Maine House deadlocks on transgender bill

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 14:11

This Day in Maine Friday, June 13, 2025

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Thursday, June 12th, 2025: UMaine PFAS grant restored; Meals on Wheels targeted for federal funding cuts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 11:53

This Day in Maine for Thursday, June 12th, 2025.

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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025: Evictions rates fall; Gov. Mills signs farmworker minimum wage law

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 5:20

This Day in Maine for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025: University of Maine will not pay student athletes; Hannah Pingree joins crowded gubernatorial race

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 7:18

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

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Monday, June 9, 2025: Mainers warned of text scam; lawsuit against Androscoggin County Jail

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 12:18

This Day in Maine for Monday, June 9, 2025.

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Friday, June 6th, 2025: School-age vaccination rates hit record high in Maine; state lawmakers race toward end of legislative session

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 11:08

This Day in Maine for Friday, June 6th, 2025.

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Thursday, June 5th, 2025: Appeals court hears arguments in Rep. Libby's censure case; state legislature approves farmworker minimum wage bill

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 10:09

This Day in Maine for Thursday, June 5th, 2025.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Searchers at Baxter State Park locate body of missing hiker after three-day search on Mount Katahdin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 6:43

This Day in Maine Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025: Baxter State Park rangers find body of one missing hiker; changes to Maine's paid family leave law

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 6:35

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

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Monday, June 2, 2025: 'Red flag' gun law debate; Maine Pride Month organizers confront new political climate

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 16:31

This Day in Maine for Monday, June 2, 2025.

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Friday, May 30th, 2025: DHS says Cumberland and Hancock Counties are defying federal immigration law; woodland owners prepare to fight budworm outbreak

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 10:53

This Day in Maine for Friday, May 30th, 2025.

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Thursday, May 29th, 2025: Browntail moth populations decline; new exhibition explores history of true crime stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 10:41

This Day in Maine for Thursday, May 29th, 2025.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025: Abortion advocates say US House Reconciliation Bill will close clinics, be devastating for patients

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 11:19

This Day in Maine Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025: Sen. Collins on Trump's 'big beautiful bill;' shield law passes Maine Legislature

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 7:18

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

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Friday, May 23rd, 2025: York County tourism businesses see a decline in Canadian visitors; EPA terminates PFAS grants to Maine groups

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 12:33

This Day in Maine for Friday, May 23rd, 2025.

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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025: Reps. Pingree and Golden vote against GOP spending bill; advocates sound alarm over proposed SNAP cuts

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 13:22

This Day in Maine for Thursday, May 22nd, 2025.

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