Growth and taxes top the candidates’ priority lists heading into the Nov. 7 election.
Election 2023
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs climate change action, not distraction. Vote ‘no’ on Question 3
We cannot work effectively with the utilities to ensure they comply with our plan to transition away from fossil fuels and modernize the grid while also fighting in court to force them to sell.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland needs to admit that it has an addiction problem
Before homeless Mainers will accept other services, more treatment centers, recovery facilities and transitional housing will be needed.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Who could be a third-party operator? Here’s the test
As part of the legislation connected with Question 3, the Public Utilities Commission would determine that a transmission and distribution utility that serves more than 50,000 customers is considered “unfit” to operate if four or more of the conditions listed below are met. Using this criteria, neither Central Maine Power not Versant could be considered […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
If there’s a new Maine utility, who will manage it?
Politics, qualifying credentials and managerial expertise collide in the debate over who would operate a publicly owned utility.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath information sessions to cover spending questions, charter amendments in November election
Bath voters on Nov. 7 will decide on a $25 million bond for sewer projects and a $5 million bond for street and sidewalk improvements.
Posted inTimes Record
Three candidates vie for pair of Topsham Select Board seats
Two town Select Board seats will be decided Nov. 7.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine’s constitution says people in guardianships with mental illness cannot vote. Voters can change that in November.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows urges approval of a ballot question that would eliminate ‘antiquated’ language that is ‘not even legally enforceable.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine right to repair referendum question oversteps the mark
The right to repair should be protected. We shouldn’t have to open ourselves to security risks while doing so.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Spending piles up in Pine Tree Power, right-to-repair referendum campaigns
The owners of Maine’s largest power companies have spent nearly $30 million to oppose Question 3, while backers of Question 4, the right-to-repair proposal, have raised $4 million.