A Maine-based political action committee has either spent or has committed to spend more than $311,000 to convince voters on Tuesday to reject Question 1.
Tom Bell
Casino campaigns challenge other’s ads
BIDDEFORD — With days to go before Election Day, proponents of the Biddeford Downs racino are denouncing what they describe as a misleading and deceptive flyer distributed by the opponents of Question 2.
Legislator to LePage: Spend time with jobless
Andrew O’Brien spent several months this year looking for a job before he landed a data entry position through a temp agency. His experience, he said, taught him how demoralizing it can be looking for a job right now.
Official who approved controversial sale retires
Betty Lamoreau, one of the state officials who was involved in the no-bid sale of property in Thomaston to the state prison warden, is retiring after 31 years in state government. Her last day on the job will be Thursday.
Official involved in land sale retires
Betty Lamoreau, one of the state officials who was involved in the no-bid sale of property in Thomaston to the state prison warden, is retiring after 31 years in state government. Her last day on the job will be Thursday.
Land use attorney named DEP enforcement chief
Heather Parent, of the law firm Eaton Peabody, will work to ensure that the agency enforces the law in a manner that is “timely, fair and firm.”
LePage excludes nonprofit
A group that represents nonprofit businesses in Maine wants to know why Gov. Paul LePage is excluding it from workshops designed to share ideas for creating jobs and improving Maine’s economy.
LePage excludes nonprofits from jobs workshops
The Governor’s Office denies a request by the Maine Association of Nonprofits for a seat at three upcoming jobs creation summits.
Mom seeks answers to son’s 2006 killing spree
Margaret Miles says Maine’s AG hasn’t abided by a judge’s order to return her son’s computer.
Two racinos vying for votes
The campaign for Question 2 on Maine’s Nov. 8 ballot has been focused so far on a racino proposed in Biddeford. Largely overlooked has been the ballot question’s other proposal, for a racino 197 miles away in Washington County.