Good morning. Temperatures today will be in the high 20s to low 40s from north to south, with cloudy skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

• The first cruise ship of the tourist season is scheduled to dock in Maine on April 25, bringing more than 3,000 travelers from around the globe to Portland. Hundreds of thousands more will arrive throughout the summer and fall tourist seasons. But with the country facing the threat of a coronavirus outbreak, that plan may change and it could affect Maine’s tourist season.
• Plus:
  • Dogs, cats can’t pass on coronavirus, but can test positive
  • Sweeping Senate vote sends Trump $8.3B bill to fight virus
  • As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor

• The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, but there’s still a lot unknown about the virus that originated in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since spread to more than 75 countries.

Maine tests more residents for COVID-19, with ‘every reason to believe’ it will come here

• The state is in the process of testing about a dozen new individuals for the COVID-19 virus, while hospitals have been isolating patients who show flu-like symptoms associated with the infection. Schools have been taking extra precautions such as cleaning buses after every use, and health officials have been urging people to thoroughly wash their hands and cover their mouths when they cough.

• The Maine Public Utilities Commission cited concerns about risks to ratepayers, including whether Enmax is able to pay for needed system upgrades.

• Kate Elizabeth Russell's debut novel is set in part in a town called Norumbega, at a private school called Browick — both very clearly inspired by Russell’s years in and around Bangor, and by John Bapst Memorial High School, which Russell attended in 1999 and 2000.

• Clean Energy Matters attorney Newell Auger of Pierce Atwood LLP sent a letter to Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Feb. 27 saying a woman hired to notarize signatures on Say No’s behalf — the main group behind a people’s referendum opposing the utility’s $1 billion proposed project — engaged in other services for the campaign, including sorting and organizing petitions along with notarizing them. State law says notaries are not allowed to provide other services to the campaign. It’s not clear who hired the woman.

• Sara Gideon had 47 percent support in a hypothetical general election match-up with Susan Collins, while the incumbent Republican senator had 43 percent and 10 percent of voters were undecided.

• The rehab of the Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island should be completed in time for the seasonal museum to reopen in the summer of 2021.

• Friday is the first of three days and nights of the Professional Bull Riding tour at the Cross Insurance Center. If you're not into bull riding, there's still plenty more on tap for entertainment, including Cat Video Fest in Ellsworth.