The return of the season celebrated by fans of pumpkin spice and football alike also marks the end of summer vacation and the start of a new school year. This year, the Legislature has made a few changes that parents, students, and all of us, should be aware of.
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Deadline nears for Mills to decide on ranked-choice voting for president
The governor has until midnight Friday to act on a bill to extend Maine’s ranked-choice voting system to presidential elections and primaries. She can sign it, veto it or let it become law without her signature.
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Liberal think tank says Maine has reached ‘tax fairness’ milestone
The poorest residents will pay a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than the wealthiest, the Maine Center for Economic Policy says.
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Maine school vaping ban goes into effect as students return
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding students headed back to school that a new law bans vaping on school grounds
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Conservative group pushing Mills to veto bill for ranked-choice primary
The Maine Heritage Policy Center sends the governor a letter making its case against legislation to extend the state’s ranked-choice voting system to the presidential primary in March.
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Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries
The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation’s first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.
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Lawmakers pass transportation bonds but reject other borrowing backed by Mills
Republicans follow through on their vow to support bonds for transportation infrastructure while opposing borrowing to finance land conservation, broadband and environmental initiatives.
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Last-ditch effort underway to use ranked-choice voting in March primaries
Supporters argue that Mainers should be able to use ranked-choice voting in the presidential primaries, but first they need to convince lawmakers one more time.
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On hope and the Old Town mill
There is reason to be hopeful, and that is something to celebrate.
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Health care should not be a privilege
Studies show that not only does the United States spend more on health care than other developed countries, it also has worse outcomes than other countries.