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WEBOct 3, 2024 · Beacon Staff. On the podcast this week, Ben and Esther discuss the Vice-Presidential debate and the rhetoric candidates use and issues they co-opt when they attempt to appeal across party lines. Ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182. Subscribe to the podcast feed using any podcasting app or …
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WEBSep 23, 2022 · Beacon Staff October 3, 2024. On the podcast this week, Ben and Esther discuss the Vice-Presidential debate and the rhetoric candidates use and issues they co-opt when they attempt to appeal across party lines. Ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182. Subscribe to the podcast feed using any …
What’s on the November ballot in Maine — and what it means
WEBAug 1, 2023 · Maine’s November ballot will be busy, with eight measures for voters to consider, including a high-profile question about whether to replace the state’s embattled investor-owned utility companies, Central Maine Power and Versant, with a consumer-owned model. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office released the order of referendum questions that Mainers will weigh in November,
Maine is nation’s whitest, most rural state that doesn’t vote ...
WEBAug 27, 2019 · Maine tops a list of just seven states where demographics have not yet become a reliable predictor of whether voters will break towards Democrats or Republicans in national elections.. Maine, which has a higher share than average of white, rural voters without a college education, should vote much redder, suggests a study of …
Report exposes Lewiston’s three worst slumlords - Maine Beacon
WEBAug 11, 2015 · Lockwood is at the center of a new report released by the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) and the Neighborhood Housing League (NHL) exposing the shady practices of three of the city’s worst landlords. The report details major health, safety and livability concerns at 71 Lewiston properties owned by a web of shell corporations linked to ...
Opinion: Why increasing housing opportunities is good for the …
WEBMar 7, 2022 · The median sale price of a home in Maine rose nearly 17% in just the past year. Rents are similar. A report last year from the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that an average renter in Maine would need to make more than $21 per hour to afford a fair market two-bedroom apartment, but Mainers that rent (28% of …
Pro-Palestine activism on Bates campus investigated as …
WEBOn May 10, members of the student group “Bates Leftist Coalition” posted a series of pro-Palestine chalking drawings to their Instagram account. The drawings were found under the library arcade and on Bates campus buildings, including Commons, the Bates Student paper reported. “Stop ethnic cleansing,” one drawing read.
In landmark move, Maine becomes first state to pass legislation to ...
WEBJun 19, 2021 · In what environmental advocates called an important step forward for climate justice, Maine became the first state to commit through legislation to divest from fossil fuel companies after Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill this week. The legislation, LD 99, sponsored by Rep. Maggie O’Neil (D-Saco), “directs the $17 …
Serial sexual harassment alleged at Maine’s premier wreath company
WEBDan Neumann December 19, 2018. A local advocacy group that supports immigrant and farm workers in Maine is reporting that eight workers have alerted the Maine Department of Labor about repeated sexual harassment by a crew boss contracted by Worcester Wreath Company, the Maine company behind the Wreaths Across America charity.
‘Life-changing:’ Maine finally extends dental coverage to low …
WEBA 2021 report from the Health Policy Institute found that the full dental coverage for low-income adults would provide millions for Maine in medical cost savings and $21 million annually in economic benefits. “This is a landmark day for the people of Maine,” Fecteau said. “The need for dental care impacts every single community in our state.