Portland City Council
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
Portland council will reconsider emergency shelter licensing program
The council also voted 5-4 against extending a moratorium on new emergency shelters in the Bayside neighborhood.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
Portland charter commissioners to take up clean elections proposal
Portland would be the first municipality in the state to have a clean elections program. A public meeting is set for Tuesday.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Portland City Council will discuss options for filling 3 vacant school board seats
A special election could be held as early as April to fill the three vacancies or the city could wait until the next regularly scheduled election in June.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2021
Maine Voices: Participatory budgeting will give Portlanders more say over where their tax dollars go
The process sets aside a small pot of money for each district and allows that community to democratically decide how to spend it
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PublishedNovember 22, 2021
Portland’s review of missing ballots confirms Rodriguez as winner of at-large council seat
A city review found a 45-vote discrepancy between ballots counted on Election Day and during a hand recount, but the outcome of the election remains unchanged.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2021
What’s next for the more progressive Portland City Council?
With progressives soon to have a two-thirds majority, proposals such as universal basic income and participatory budgeting, where neighborhoods make some of their own spending decisions, could gain traction.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Clean elections advocates sue Portland for second time
The legal fight has been going on since the city blocked a ballot question in 2019.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
New council will reconsider approval of Portland’s shelter licensing program
City Councilor Pious Ali made the request to reconsider the decision after the measure passed Monday on a 7-1 vote.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2021
The Maine Millennial: Better ways to break a tie
A Portland City Council race shows we should be more prepared the next time voters don’t produce a winner on Election Day.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2021
Portland soon could join move to ban flavored tobacco products
Portland would follow Bangor, which last month became the first Maine community to enact such a ban.
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