This Day in Maine

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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 Maine Public News team.

Episodes

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: Gorham weighs proposed Amazon warehouse; Shalom Housing stabbing in Portland

Monday, May 4, 2026: Planned Parenthood to resume use of abortion medication drug amid court battles; right whale protections

Friday, May 1st, 2026: Platner faces GOP attacks; Maine lawyers warn of erosion of rule of law

Thursday, April 30th, 2026: Gov. Janet Mills suspends her Senate campaign, shaking up high-stakes race

Wednesday, April 29, 2026: Legislature upholds data center moratorium veto; increasing interest in Canadian citizenship

Tuesday, April 28, 2026: State lawmakers to return to Augusta for vetoed bills; Portland blocks Live Nation venue

Monday, April 27, 2026: Jay developer, environmental advocates react to data center moratorium veto; ranked choice primary endorsements

Friday, April 24th, 2026: Gov. Mills vetoes data center moratorium; GOP candidates address party convention

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026: Medical marijuana businesses get boost from Trump admin order; Vinalhaven community cleanup targets abandoned lobster traps

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026: Gov. Mills signs expansion of free school meals; how a Maine poet confronts climate change anxiety through art

Tuesday, April 21, 2026: Penobscot Bay islands face mail delivery problems; Maine's automatic record sealing bill

Monday, April 20, 2026: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers lose collecting bargaining rights; Gov. Mills and Graham Platner's contrasting campaign styles

Friday, April 17th, 2026: CMP to lower rates this summer but not by as much as advocates wanted; a roundup of housing policy changes

Thursday, April 16th, 2026: State pauses MaineCare payments to hospitals due to budget shortfall; a roundup of Maine education policy changes

Wednesday, April 15th 2026: Some candidates running for office used tax day to present plans to restructure tax burden on Mainers

Tuesday, April 14, 2026: State lawmakers consider transgender athlete referendum; Portland man sues ICE

Monday, April 13, 2026: Gov. Mills supports temporary data center ban with an exception; work winding down in Augusta

Friday, April 10th, 2026: Gov. Mills signs supplemental budget; Portland Museum of Art pioneers energy conservation tactics

Thursday, April 9th, 2026: Maine lawmakers advance budget proposal; Wabanaki basket makers face emerald ash borer threat

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026: Legislative Republicans balk at Dems budget plan; Portland weighs fate of historic expo building