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Cost of canceling student debt: Roughly $400 billion, CBO says

by Jeff Stein and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

The estimate by the Congressional Budget Office will fuel new debate over President Biden’s student debt decision, which was cheered by advocates but assailed by Republican lawmakers as a waste of government money.

Election 2022, Maine

Pair of Portland referendums offer competing proposals for regulating short-term rentals

by Rachel Ohm September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Question A seeks to ban corporate and non-local operators from registering short-term rentals, while Question B would reduce the number of short-term rentals and increase fines and fees.

Election 2022

Rachel Henderson, Maine House 78 candidate

September 23, 2022October 3, 2022

House District 78 serves towns in Oxford County — Bethel, Byron, Hanover, Milton, Roxbury and Rumford.

Election 2022, Legislative Candidates

David ‘Fuzzy’ Thurston, Maine House 78 candidate

September 23, 2022October 3, 2022

House District 78 serves towns in Oxford County — Bethel, Byron, Hanover, Milton, Roxbury and Rumford.

Election 2022

Caleb Ness, Maine House 82 candidate

September 23, 2022October 3, 2022

House District 82 serves towns in Oxford County — Brownfield, Fryeburg, Hiram, Lovell and Porter.

Politics

Sens. Collins and King to explore making bipartisanship work in Congress at “Building Bridges Maine” event

September 22, 2022

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King will participate in an in-depth online conversation on finding new ways to bring bipartisanship back to Congress. The live Zoom meeting will be hosted by the Maine Alliance of Braver Angels, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the partisan divide and strengthening this country’s democratic republic. The forum […]