The money would be used to address wastewater pollution, and improve transportation and colleges and universities.
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Advocates stump for passage of Maine bond to reduce shortage of nurses
Question 4, the $49 million education bond on the November ballot, includes $12 million for nursing programs and training facilities.
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What you need to know about the 5 questions on the Nov. 6 Maine ballot
Question 1 would increase taxes to pay for home health care workers; the others are bond issues.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Transportation bond continues practice of shoring up budget shortfalls
Bonds provide more than half the state’s share of money to repair and replace roads and bridges, a tactic many call unsustainable.
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Voters will decide on borrowing $30 million for Maine sewers
The bond package would be used to build new wastewater plants and fix malfunctioning private systems in Maine.
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Political clash simmers over referendum on home care
Question 1’s backers say it solves a growing need among the elderly and disabled in Maine, while opponents point to a burdensome tax and patient-privacy minefield.
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Voters asked to invest in higher education
Two bonds on the ballot request a total of $64 million, partly to ease workforce shortages.
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Will Maine referendum on home care penalize married couples?
Analysts disagree on whether the ballot measure to fund home care would create a ‘marriage penalty’ for couples filing joint income tax returns.
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Conservative group’s study suggests cash from outside has too much influence on state referendums
The Maine Heritage Policy Center finds that 71 percent of money spent for or against passage was contributed by out-of-staters.
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Here’s how Maine’s ballot question on universal home care will read
A group opposing Question 1 argues that the initiative, which would raise taxes on wealthy Mainers to pay for home care for the elderly and disabled, violates the Maine Constitution.