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The Treasury Department said Wednesday it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden s coronavirus relief plan, including 25 million payments that were primarily to Social Security beneficiaries who hadn t filed 2019 or 2020 tax returns.
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Letter to the Editor: Closed primaries shut voters out
Primaries are low turnout elections that have high level consequences. Independent voters should not be shut out, a reader writes.
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As the son of a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, at one time stationed in an Iron Curtain country, I have always had strong feelings about the importance of democratic elections. So, on March 5, 2016, I was glad to give up a weekend afternoon in order to vote in the Republican Presidential Caucus for York County.
Shortly thereafter, a longstanding friend (Barry Hobbins) announced as a candidate in the upcoming Democratic primary for what would be a vacant Maine State Senate seat. Knowing that I would be out of town on the June 14 election date, I went to city hall to change my registration and apply for an absentee ballot. I was told that I could not make this change for three months (M.R.S.A. 21-A Chapter 3 Article 2), by which time I would already be on my trip. By having registered as a Rep
Centralmaine.com features wind energy op-ed from public advocate
Centralmaine.com shared an op-ed by Barry Hobbins, Maineâs public advocate, noting that floating offshore wind power will benefit Maineâs electric consumers. In the piece, Hobbins refers to the promise of wind power, and notes that applying the floating offshore wind technology developed at the University of Maineâs Advanced Structure and Composites Center will put Maine in a leadership position.
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Maine public advocate: Floating offshore wind will benefit consumers pressherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.