1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (213+ words) The Trump administration is suing Maine again " and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a named defendant in a complaint filed last week, says "bring it on. We're going to win again." Bellows was part of a public event on Sunday…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (497+ words) In 2020, Portland voters initiated and overwhelmingly passed an aggressive affordable housing policy " part of the city's Green New Deal " over the will of developers, the mayor, and most of the Portland City Council. The initiative, called Inclusionary Zoning (IZ), requires…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (229+ words) The Trump administration sued Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows yesterday over her refusal to hand out covert license plates to federal immigration agents, a policy she enacted to keep Maine resources from being used for what she called "lawless…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (434+ words) Citizen initiatives are direct democracy. Just as we take voting security seriously, we take petition integrity seriously," Bellows said in a'statement Tuesday. Unfortunately, some out-of-state circulators failed to meet certain legal requirements for petitions, resulting in this initiative failing to…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (580+ words) But (as perhaps foreshadowed in the title to this column), that all changed a few weeks ago, when I heard what he said at a private landlord event. You can hear (and see!) it here. The Rental Housing Alliance of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (192+ words) After months of organizing by mobile home residents, the Sanford City Council voted Tuesday to cap rent increases at the city's manufactured housing parks. The ordinance, approved in a 6-1 vote, limits rent increases to once per year and caps hikes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (312+ words) A ballot initiative targeting the rights of transgender students in Maine should be ruled invalid according to a recommended decision issued on Thursday by the Secretary of State's office. Thousands of signatures under review were found to be unlawfully collected…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (187+ words) Collins" missed hearings included a July 2022 hearing titled "Reproductive Care in a Post-Roe America: Barriers, Challenges, and Threats to Women"s Health" and a June 2024 hearing examining how abortion bans created what lawmakers described as a "health care nightmare" across…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (638+ words) Maine Beacon In recent weeks, Congress passed a budget proposal seeking additional billions to fund federal immigration operations. Despite widespread public opposition to the inhuman actions of the Trump administration's immigration agencies, Congress is moving forward with these budget plans…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (407+ words) Faith leaders, musicians and hundreds of community members gathered in Portland Friday night for "Love is the Point," a multi-faith event centered on solidarity with immigrants, transgender people, reproductive rights, and gun safety " all of which are currently being targeted…...