MAINE REGULATORS GREENLIGHT NEW WIND POWER PROJECT No Blank Checks contends it would cost $13 billion to buy out the existing utilities — negating any anticipated savings. Its referendum would require voter approval for debts exceeding $1 billion to buy out the privately owned utilities. Both pro...
The Maine Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are no longer supporting a referendum question they worked to place on Portland’s… News Portland orders Deering Oaks Park cleanup ahead of LePage press conference on crime, drugs ByKatherine RevelloSeptember 28, 20220News ...
public or private, by creating student oriented programs — a system of educational aid — which will enable any qualified Maine citizen to attend any qualified institution or program in Maine, as determined by his/her choice, with benefits to be determined by need in a manner comparable ...
His power of appointment is unusually extensive and the advice and consent of the council (instead of that of the Senate as in other states) are required for his appointments. He appoints all judges, coroners and notaries public, besides all other civil and military officers for whose ...
Maine Law and Disclaimer. Part 2: FORESTS, PARKS, LAKES AND RIVERS. Chapter 220: BUREAU OF PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS. Subchapter 6: ALLAGASH WILDERNESS WATERWAY. 1882 Access points and control stations. Except as provided in this section, the bureau may determine the location of access points, ...
ELECTION 2021: Court Fight Starts Over $1B Power Job Maine Voters Halted In one of the more notable results of this year's non-presidential and non-congressional election Nov. 2, usually a relatively uneventful exercise, 60% of Maine voters supported a statewide referendum to halt Central Main...
For RCV to pass at referendum, part of a reform coalition must be willing to lose election to the other part of that coalition, typically an out-of-power major party. A common enemy enables this sort of coalition by assuring (a) the out-of-power party of sufficient transfer votes to ...
I support the 2016 “wages with dignity” referendum, which would raise the minimum to $12 by 2020 and eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers by 2024. Earning the same minimum wage as other workers would mean tipped workers wouldn’t feel like they have to ingratiate themselves wi...
However, because Maine voters rejected a referendum during Governor Brennan's administration to repeal wholesale and retail minima, the Milk Commission is unlikely to lose that pricing authority unless its rules cause some sort of catastrophic market disruption. Full cite: Townsend, Ralph E. ...
The “leeway” that bothers Fauci is required by the Constitution, which gives states the primary responsibility for dealing with public health threats under a broad “police power” that the federal government was never given. So his beef is not simply with the way COVID-19 policy happened t...