Rent control has been in place in Portland for over two years. By almost all measures, it has been a remarkable success. Rent increases have stabilized for rent controlled units, averaging just 1.6% overall in the first year (70% of rent controlled units saw no increases, while 30% saw increases averaging 5.6%). Non-rent-controlled units are
Last week we told you about the City of Brewer sounding the alarm and taking a firm stance against proposed measures that seek to decriminalize user amounts of drugs. Now,
Beginning this year, Maine voters who are disabled or at least 65 years old can request that town clerks automatically mail absentee ballots to them for every statewide and municipal election. Some lawmakers now want to make that same option available to all voters.
AUGUSTA - Mainers showed up to the capital in droves to voice their opinion on the governor s proposed legislation LD 1619 an act to improve Maine s reproductive privacy laws.