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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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    Wednesday, August 27th, 2025: Colby College announces new coastal resilience center; ocean swimmers adapt to shark sightings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 12:34


    This Day in Maine for Wednesday, August 27th, 2025.

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    Tuesday, August 26th, 2025: How extreme heat effects wildlife; Portland voters to decide minimum wage increase

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 13:31


    This Day in Maine for Tuesday, August 26th, 2025.

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    Monday, August 25th, 2025: Judge denies Maine Family Planning request to restore Medicaid funding; Bernie Sanders to rally in Maine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 6:16


    This Day in Maine for Monday, August 25th, 2025.

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    Friday, August 22, 2025: Experts say ongoing drought conditions could impact this year's potato harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 8:35


    This Day in Maine Friday, August 22, 2025

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    Thursday, August 21st, 2025: Portland mayor says city will not aid ICE after enforcement provision added to federal grant; drought conditions expand across Maine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 12:23


    This Day in Maine for Thursday, August 21st, 2025.

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    Wednesday, August 20, 2025: ICE arrests Congolese pastor living in Westbrook

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 14:25


    This Day in Maine Wednesday, August 20, 2025

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    Tuesday, August 19, 2025: Maine pediatricians on vaccine recommendations for children; 'Showman Dan' in Bath

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 13:10


    This Day in Maine for Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

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    Monday, August 18, 2025: ICE arrests in Maine down slightly; US-Canadian tensions strain economic ties among border towns

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 10:30


    This Day in Maine for Monday, August 18, 2025.

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    Friday, August 15th, 2025: Law enforcement responds to shooting in Windham; food pantries struggle to meet increased demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 18:18


    This Day in Maine for Friday, August 15th, 2025.

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    Thursday, August 14th, 2025: Controversy in Maine's gubernatorial race; reproductive health clinics ask federal judge to restore Medicaid funding

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 12:14


    This Day in Maine for Thursday, August 14th, 2025.

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    Wednesday, August 13, 2025: Lincoln County will not apply for FEMA grant after Trump Administration adds requirement to participate in immigration enforcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 13:37


    This Day in Maine Wednesday, August 13, 2025

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    Tuesday, August 12, 2025: Abnormally hot, dry conditions prompt fire warning in Maine; Portland music hall project on pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 8:25


    This Day in Maine for Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

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    Monday, August 11, 2025: Heat advisories return; Maine's new elder justice investigator

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 8:14


    This Day in Maine for Monday, August 11, 2025.

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    Friday, August 8th, 2025: Maine AG cracks down on robocalls; paddlers remember midcoast murder victim

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 7:07


    This Day in Maine for Friday, August, 8th, 2025.

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    Thursday, August 7, 2025: Maine Capitol Police chief placed on leave; uncertainty over Solar for All

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 7:30


    This Day in Maine for Thursday, August 7, 2025.

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    Wednesday, August 6, 2025: Piscataquis County Jail officials under deadline to address safety issues; Lewiston's first 24-hour homeless shelter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 3:39


    This Day in Maine for Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

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    Tuesday, August 5, 2025: Operations restricted at Piscataquis County Jail; Bar Harbor faces new pressures this summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 12:36


    This Day in Maine for Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

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    Monday, August 4, 2025: Maine Capitol Police chief arrested; Canadian wildfire smoke lingers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 4:48


    This Day in Maine for Monday, August 4, 2025.

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    Friday, August 1st, 2025: Portlanders rally for immigrants' rights; border businesses seeing fewer Canadian visitors

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 10:52


    This Day in Maine for Friday, August 1st, 2025.

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    Thursday, July 31st, 2025: Health insurance rates could jump next year for some consumers; Trump administration rescinds offshore wind designation in Gulf of Maine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 6:57


    This Day in Maine for Thursday, July 31st, 2025.

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    Wednesday, July 30, 2025: Staffing reductions are stretching resources thin at Social Security Administration offices in the state

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 6:34


    This Day in Maine Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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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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