A fiscal impact note prepared by city staff puts cost of the charter commission proposals at $1 million and the citizen initiatives at more than $5.5 million.
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Mainers attracted by Oath Keepers’ vision, repulsed by its extremism
A recently released list of the violent, anti-government group’s membership rolls dates to 2009, casting doubt on how many of the 215 Mainers who were listed remain active in the group.
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With Kate Snyder stepping aside, who will run for Portland mayor?
The election is still more than a year away and some potential candidates, including former Mayor Ethan Strimling and school board Chair Emily Figdor, said that right now they’re focused on other work.
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Virginia governor’s plan to join Paul LePage in Lewiston draws heat from Democrats
Republicans holding major fundraiser next week featuring possible presidential candidate Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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Gordon Weil: America’s culture of political violence
Ballots, not bullets. A government of laws, not men. When politicians talk about the nation’s shared values, that’s part of what they mean – a non-violent, lawful, democratic system of government. What we really get is something much different. Four presidents assassinated plus 15 threatened. Historic assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Threats […]
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‘Enough is Enough’ campaign launches to fight all 14 Portland referendum questions
Former city councilor Nick Mavodones, one of the group’s leaders, says ‘trying to govern the city through referendum I think is a bad idea.’
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Commentary: My search for balance in unbalanced times
Increasingly, I think I will opt for detachment by simply sitting out whatever comes next.
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House lays out demands for Pentagon over Russia, extremism, inflation
House lawmakers approved an $840 billion plan to direct Pentagon policy and spending in the year ahead.
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House committee approves another warship, could benefit Bath Iron Works
The House Armed Services Committee voted early Thursday to approve its markup of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes funds for a third DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, due in part to lobbying from Rep. Jared Golden.
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Finegan’s primary win sets up rematch with Sachs in November
Jay Finegan, who won Tuesday’s House District 102 Republican primary, will once again face off against Rep. Melanie Sachs on Nov. 8.