Voters will be asked if they want to limit PAC contributions to $5,000. The measure is likely to be challenged in court if it passes.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Kennebec Water District to hold public hearing on proposed customer rate increases
Members of the public will have opportunity to ask questions and comment on proposed rate increases at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the KWD complex at 131 Drummond Ave. in Waterville.
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Maine legislative committee backs Gov. Mills’ nominee for health commissioner
The Health and Human Services Committee votes 10-2 in favor of Sara Gagné-Holmes’ nomination, which now goes to the full Senate.
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Fire that destroyed a Jay apartment building classified as undetermined
The Sept. 3 fire also burned two vehicles, blew out windows at a neighboring residence and burned a workshop at another adjacent residence.
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$3.8 million in Maine conservation projects will protect more than 3,500 acres of land, waterfront
The funding from the Land for Maine’s Future Program will help protect working waterfronts, critical habitat for wildlife and land that can be used for recreation.
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There were fewer piping plover pairs on Maine beaches this year, but they fledged lots of chicks
Three beaches in Scarborough saw the highest number of fledged chicks since monitoring of the endangered shorebirds began in Maine.
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Sens. Collins, King co-sponsor bill requiring military to use state crisis intervention laws
The bill would require the armed services to utilize state laws, such as Maine’s yellow flag law, to disarm people who are a threat to themselves and others. It was introduced a little less than one year after the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Photos: Farmington Fair opens to great weather, with much to see and do
The 183rd edition of Farmington Fair opened Sunday.
Posted inMaine, Politics
State commission responding to storm damage explores public flood insurance
Only 1.3% of all homes and buildings in Maine are covered under the National Flood Insurance Program and participation has fallen sharply over the past 15 years.
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Passenger killed in I-95 crash in Augusta identified as Brewer woman, 68
Police said Sari Ohmart was killed Friday afternoon in a five-vehicle crash after the SUV in which she was riding was hit from behind by a pickup truck near Exit 113.