Election 2023
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Future of Maine’s power companies tops issues in Tuesday’s elections
Voters will be deciding eight state referendum questions and electing mayors in Portland, Biddeford, Lewiston and Auburn.
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Posted inElection 2023, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Candidates say Election Day in Auburn and Lewiston will feel different this year
The Twin Cities will conduct local elections on Tuesday, but the final stretch of the campaigns have been either quiet or nonexistent after last week’s mass shooting upended the community.
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Lewiston mass shootings quiet Maine political campaigns just days before Election Day
Candidates and ballot question activists have fallen silent as the state grapples with the tragedy. With about a week left before Election Day, no one knows if or when politicking will resume.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2023, Lewiston-Auburn
Four running for one selectmen’s seat in Sabattus
SABATTUS — The town has five boards with open positions that will be filled at the upcoming election Nov. 7. For three of those boards, the positions are not being contested. On the Budget Committee, Scott Girardin and Derrick Webb are running for two open three-year seats. On the Sanitary/Water District, Michelle Brown is running […]
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Auburn and Lewiston mayors have concerns over Question 3 and property taxes
The mayors of nine cities say they fear losing property taxes if Question 3 passes, despite language in the enabling legislation that should prevent that from happening.
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Carmakers taking away the keys? Right to repair referendum a question of access
Technology continues to evolve in new cars with computerized systems controlling every facet of a vehicle’s operation. Who can access that digital data is at the root of Question 4.
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Public power question sharpens voters’ concerns about what’s at stake
A proposal to take over the state’s two investor-owned utilities raises worries about reliability, politics, workers’ rights, lawsuits and costs. Some are still in the dark.
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Foreign ownership in CMP parent clouds 2 ballot measures
A foreign government’s ownership stake in a utility is complicated, and some experts say it doesn’t matter anyway because ownership of a regulated utility doesn’t translate into governance.