Four city department heads downplay flaws and potential misuse ahead of a scheduled City Council vote on a proposed ban.
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Inauguration of Portland mayor reflects historic shift in local, national politics
Portland has had eight women serve as mayor in its 233-year history, but none had been elected mayor in a citywide vote until Kate Snyder’s victory last month.
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Portland poised to ask voters to expand use of ranked-choice voting
The City Council on Monday is expected to set a date to ask whether they want to expand the voting method to all council and school board elections.
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Portland becomes first city in Maine to ban plastic straws
The City Council votes 8-0 to prohibit sales and distribution of plastic drinking straws in the city starting Jan. 1, 2021.
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Sale of student lodging house in Bayside triggers backlash
Affordable housing activists say hundreds of low-cost Portland units will be lost and want the city to step in. The developer plans traditional apartments, but at workforce housing prices and says he’ll help anyone who’s displaced.