The limitations of the city’s power over asylum seekers’ work authorization processes has left the five candidates in the Nov. 7 election feeling like there is little they can do, but that won’t stop them from trying.
Grace Benninghoff
Staff Writer
Grace covers city hall and Greater Portland for the Press Herald. She previously covered reproductive health for Texas Monthly and served as the local host of All Things Considered at Vermont Public. Before moving to Maine, Grace attended Columbia Journalism School in New York City and spent many years in Colorado and Oregon working in the non-profit sector. When she isn't reporting you can find her trail-running with her dog Loma, practicing her Spanish, surfing, or making pottery.
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Candidates for Portland City Council District 5 seat look to housing as top issue
Matthew Buonopane, a commercial lender, and Kate Sykes, who recently co-chaired the Maine Democratic Socialists of America’s electoral committee, are vying to fill the seat currently held by Mark Dion, who is running for mayor.
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Portland to clear homeless camps along Marginal Way, Somerset Street on Nov. 1
The tents will be removed on the same day the state plans to take down a larger encampment at the Marginal Way park-and-ride lot.
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Affordable housing remains scarce in Portland. Mayoral candidates want to fix that.
Housing in the city has become less and less affordable, especially over the past few years. The 5 candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot want to offer Portlanders affordable options without changing the city’s character.
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Two political newcomers vie for District 4 Portland City Council seat
Anna Bullett is a program director at the Opportunity Alliance and Sam Cady is an ophthalmologist with an office on Marginal Way.
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Portland’s homelessness crisis poses serious challenges for mayoral hopefuls
The 5 candidates in the Nov. 7 election all recognize the urgency of the problem, and they have varying ideas about how to tackle it.
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Candidates for Portland’s at-large council seat see homelessness as top priority
April Fournier is finishing her first term as an at-large councilor. Her challenger in the Nov. 7 election, Bill Linnell, has experience on the town council in Cape Elizabeth, where he used to live.
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Portland City Council again shoots down proposal to expand shelter capacity
The council voted 4-4 on the motion, and on a motion to table it, meaning it will take it up the proposal once again at its next meeting on Nov. 13.
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Portland City Council to reconsider temporary expansion of Homeless Services Center
After the motion failed 5-4 at an Oct. 2 meeting, Councilor Regina Philips has asked that the proposal be brought back for reconsideration.
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Portland clean elections candidates have raised far more cash than traditional campaigns
The mayoral candidates using the new program, Justin Costa and Andrew Zarro, have gathered nearly twice as much money as the closest candidate not using the program.