After a closed-door session Friday, the Maine ethics commission voted 5-0 not to pursue an investigation into a complaint against a state lawmaker.
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Maine Senate approves gubernatorial nominees for ethics, gambling commissions
The special Senate session was held in the larger House chamber to allow members to distance themselves.
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Maine Senate will meet to vote on ethics commission nominees
The long-awaited confirmation votes could finally fill vacancies on the state’s five-member panel that oversees state election laws.
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Would-be Clean Elections candidates find it harder to qualify during pandemic
Social-distancing requirements and other restrictions have made collecting $5 qualifying contributions needed to obtain public financing more difficult.
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State ethics board fines Mills’ inaugural committee for late fundraising
The board also fines Unite Portland, a political action committee, for filing late reports of expenditures from its campaign opposing the re-election of Ethan Strimling as Portland mayor.
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Ethics Commission to delay Clean Elections funding until court ruling
AUGUSTA — The state’s ethics commission delayed action Wednesday on Clean Election funding in the hope a judicial ruling might be coming soon, but did not rule out the possibility of calling a special meeting should the money continue to be held back. During the roughly three-hour Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices meeting, the […]
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Maine Ethics Panel: No need to investigate GOP ties with Maine Examiner
AUGUSTA — The Maine ethics commission opted Thursday to drop a possible investigation into allegations that a state GOP official behaved improperly when he created a website to deliver news with a conservative slant without disclosing his role. That site, the Maine Examiner, drew attention in December when it revealed internal campaign emails from Lewiston […]
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York County casino campaign groups miss deadline for financial reports
AUGUSTA (AP) — Three organizations tied to a Maine casino referendum campaign that is being investigated by state officials have missed a deadline for reporting financial activity. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2teZ9im ) that the committees, which are funding a campaign to bring a casino to York County, were already under scrutiny when they […]
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Ethics Commission wants more money to shed light on campaign spending, lobbying
AUGUSTA — The state agency tasked with monitoring and enforcing the state’s campaign finance and lobbying laws is looking for additional funding to increase transparency about the money spent in Maine politics. The request, included in a list of changes to Maine statute proposed by Maine Ethics Commission Executive Director Jonathan Wayne, would divert the […]
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LePage says ethics panel should become election campaign lie detector
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has proposed a bill that would require the Maine Ethics Commission to expand its responsibilities to include fact-checking statements made during political campaigns. LD 1834, An Act to Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to Make Public Declarations following a Determination of a Campaign Statement’s Falsity, would […]