Lawmakers agree to public hearing on $450 emergency checks, boosting heating aid

Politics

Published
December 16, 2022

Lawmakers agree to public hearing on $450 emergency checks, boosting heating aid

Legislative leaders formed a committee to receive public testimony on a $473 million emergency heating and energy plan, whose centerpiece would be immediate payments to most Mainers.
Published
October 10, 2022

Jo-Jean Keller, Maine Senate 17 candidate

Maine Senate 17 serves towns in Androscoggin County — Greene, Leeds, Lisbon, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Sabattus, Turner and Wales; and in Kennebec County — Fayette and Litchfield.
Published
October 10, 2022

Colin D. O’Neill, Maine Senate 18 candidate

Senate District 18 serves towns in Androscoggin County — Mechanic Falls and Minot; in Cumberland County — Bridgton and Harrison; and in Oxford County — Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Hebron, Norway, Otisfield, Oxford, Paris, Sweden and Waterford.
Published
October 10, 2022

Stanley Wheeler, Maine Senate 5 candidate

Senate District 5 serves Franklin County — Carrabassett Valley, Chesterville, East Central Franklin, Farmington, Industry, Kingfield, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Strong, Wilton and Wyman Township; in Kennebec County — Rome and Vienna; and in Somerset County — Anson, Athens, Bingham, Brighton Plantation, Cambridge, Caratunk, Central Somerset, Cornville, Dennistown Plantation, Embden; Harmony, Hartland, Highland Plantation, Jackman, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, New Portland, Northeast Somerset, Northwest Somerset, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Ripley, Seboomook Lake, Smithfield, Solon, St. Albans, Starks, The Forks Plantation and West Forks Plantation.
Published
October 5, 2022

Matthew R. Bean, Maine Senate 19 candidate

Senate District 19 serves towns in Franklin County — Avon, Carthage, Coplin Plantation, Dallas Plantation, Eustis, Jay, North Franklin, Phillips, Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation, Sandy River Plantation, South Franklin, Temple, Weld and West Central Franklin; and in Oxford County — Andover, Bethel, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Lincoln Plantation, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Milton Township, Newry, North Oxford, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, South Oxford, Stoneham, Stow, Sumner, Upton, West Paris and Woodstock.

Published
September 26, 2022

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

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.
Published
September 26, 2022

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

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.
Published
September 23, 2022

Rachel Henderson, Maine House 78 candidate

House District 78 serves towns in Oxford County — Bethel, Byron, Hanover, Milton, Roxbury and Rumford.
Published
September 23, 2022

David ‘Fuzzy’ Thurston, Maine House 78 candidate

House District 78 serves towns in Oxford County — Bethel, Byron, Hanover, Milton, Roxbury and Rumford.
Published
September 23, 2022

Caleb Ness, Maine House 82 candidate

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