Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the low 80s to high 70s from north to south with scattered showers giving way to heavier rain tonight. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

Uncertainty remains as Unity College makes deep cuts and considers abandoning its campus 

• Unity College abruptly laid off 33 members of its faculty and staff and furloughed another 20 on Monday, ahead of a plan to retool its academic offerings and possibly put the campus up for sale. Employees say they found out about the changes in an email. 

Court appoints receiver to oversee shuttered Hampden waste plant that owes more than $50M

• The receiver will now oversee the plant that has been shuttered since the end of May as the towns that send it their waste work to find new owners. The Coastal Resources of Maine plant owes money to a range of vendors and creditors.

• The outcomes of four July primary elections decided by ranked-choice voting did not change after the office of Secretary of State Matt Dunlap retabulated results on Monday because of errors that led to more than 13,000 ballots being missed.

A petition to defund the police is gaining traction in Rockland

• About 600 people -- and counting -- have endorsed a petition to defund Rockland police. City councilors voiced their initial support of the petition Monday night, saying they’re open to discussions. It comes as petitioners across the country are demanding changes to policing, following a growing number of high-profile cases involving police brutality. 

• Things were looking bleak in April and May for the state's tourism industry. But the world of weekly vacation rentals has seen a spike in demand since the start of July, when Maine exempted a number of northeastern states from its two-week quarantine requirement. “I thought I was going to lose my shirt this summer," said one weekly rental agent on Mount Desert Island.

In other Maine news...

• Midcoast theater cancels upcoming ‘Jaws’ screenings following fatal shark attack

• Mainers can request a ballot for the November election, just not online

• Barack Obama endorses Sara Gideon in bid to unseat Susan Collins