• Published

  November 7, 2018
  

  Maine voters approve bonds totaling $200 million

  The money would be used to address wastewater pollution, and improve transportation and colleges and universities.

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  October 24, 2018
  

  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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  October 22, 2018
  

  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.

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  October 22, 2018
  

  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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  October 22, 2018
  

  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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• Published

  October 21, 2018
  

  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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  October 15, 2018
  

  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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  August 17, 2018
  

  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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  August 15, 2018
  

  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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  June 25, 2018
  

  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.