LEWISTON — Backers of an effort to get a York County casino on November’s ballot might not have left themselves much room for error. Nearly half of the 6,568 signatures collected in Lewiston and Auburn have been marked invalid. The casino group delivered petitions containing more than 68,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State’s […]
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Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting suit goes to Maine Supreme Court
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that pits a hunting reform group against the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife about the agency’s role in defeating proposed changes to the state’s bear hunt. Maine residents shot down changes to the bear hunt at polls in 2014. Mainers […]
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Protestors greet Marijuana Policy Project’s petitions
AUGUSTA — A group that hopes to legalize marijuana in Maine delivered petition signatures to the state Monday as opponents hectored the group’s organizers. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it delivered 103,000 signatures in its quest to make Maine the first state in the East to legalize pot for recreational use. More […]
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Maine Moms Demand Action submits petitions to get gun checks on ballot
AUGUSTA — Maine election officials are verifying petitions for a ballot measure requiring criminal background checks for all private gun sales in the state. The group Maine Moms Demand Action submitted petitions to the Secretary of State’s office on Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn says the group claimed it has more than 72,000 […]
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Maine clerks busy verifying referendum petition signatures
PORTLAND — Maine’s town clerks are keeping busy verifying signatures for petitions aimed at getting referendum proposals onto the November ballot. And soon state election officials will kick into high gear, as well, to validate the petitions. The campaigns have until Friday to get signatures delivered to local clerks. Then the petitions must be delivered […]
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Maine legislative report considers marijuana’s effect on drivers
AUGUSTA — A legislative working group set up to make recommendations on how Maine should regulate drivers who use marijuana offered a divided report to lawmakers Tuesday. The majority of panel members agreed marijuana should be regulated like alcohol, including a blood-content test that sets limits for impairment, but a minority on the panel disagreed. The […]
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Dunlap recommends GOP split tax and welfare reform referendum
AUGUSTA — The Maine Republican Party will move forward with a proposed 2016 referendum question to reduce taxes and reform welfare at once, even though Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Tuesday that it should be split into two different questions. Dunlap’s decision is a recommendation for now, but he said he has the […]
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Maine Small Business Coalition joins campaign finance reform push
LEWISTON — A group of local business owners threw their support Thursday to a statewide ballot effort aimed at reforming Maine’s campaign finance and political advertising disclosure laws. All are members of the Maine Small Business Coalition, which represents more than 4,000 small businesses from across the state. They said the coalition supports a yes […]
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RSU 4 budget goes to referendum vote
WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin presented a revised Regional School Unit 4 budget of $18,564,945, reduced $51,000 from the budget rejected last month, to approximately 44 voters at the town meeting Wednesday evening. Hodgkin opened the meeting with a short presentation explaining how the reduced budget had been configured and expressed his satisfaction in the […]
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Sabattus town manager resigns
SABATTUS — Town Manager Andrew Gilmore announced his resignation at the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday evening. Gilmore is moving to Raleigh, N.C., where his wife has accepted a nursing position. His last day is Friday, July 24. In his resignation letter, he said he is saddened to leave a community he has grown to […]