Brunswick voters to decide on $40.1 million school budget

Elections

Published
June 2, 2019

Brunswick voters to decide on $40.1 million school budget

If passed on June 11, the education budget will increase 5.3 percent from the current year.
Published
May 30, 2019

House rejects move for Maine to bypass Electoral College

The House defeats a bill to have Maine join a compact of states that would award their Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular presidential vote nationwide.
Published
May 29, 2019

Waterboro selectman’s ATV vote sparks campaign against him

Signs urge residents not to re-elect Tim Neill, who opposed allowing the vehicles on three public roads.
Published
May 14, 2019

Maine Senate endorses bill to elect president by popular vote

The measure, which now heads to the House, reflects a growing movement among states to drop the centuries-old Electoral College system.
Published
May 10, 2019

Emotions flare as lawmakers debate measure to ensure that only citizens vote

A legislative committee was divided Friday over two proposals, inspired by recent events in Portland, to make Maine's Constitution explicitly state that only U.S. citizens can vote in the state's elections.

Published
May 5, 2019

Mills chips away at LePage legacy, but signature reforms remain

Whether it's moving forward with a voter-approved expansion of Medicaid or vowing to put solar panels on the lawn of the governor's mansion, Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, with the help of strong Democratic majorities in the Legislature, has moved quickly to unwind much of the policy agenda put in place by her Republican predecessor, Paul LePage.
Published
April 17, 2019

Former Cumberland lawmaker dies after resignation in March

Dale Denno, a Democrat who resigned his House District 45 seat on March 22 as he battled lung cancer, was praised for his dedication and service to constituents by colleagues in the State House.
Published
December 11, 2018

Deqa Dhalac wins big in special election for South Portland council seat

Dhalac, an experienced social worker, got more than two-thirds of the vote in the race against longtime local business owner Donald 'Cookie' Cook.
Published
November 23, 2018

After extensive losses, Maine Republicans regrouping and strategizing

Still in postmortem mode over the midterms, when the party suffered defeats for governor, Congress and control of the Legislature, its leaders muse on how to win over voters in 2020.
Published
November 13, 2018

Elections experts say Poliquin’s constitutional challenge to ranked-choice voting unlikely to prevail

The U.S. Constitution gives states leeway for running elections and, unlike Maine's Constitution, doesn't say they must be decided by a plurality of votes.