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WEBBeacon Staff October 3, 2024. On the podcast this week, Ben and Esther discuss the Vice-Presidential debate and the rhetoric candidates use and issues they co-opt when they attempt to appeal across party lines. Ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182. Subscribe to the podcast feed using any podcasting app or ...
What’s on the November ballot in Maine — and what it means
WEBAug 1, 2023 · Maine’s November ballot will be busy, with eight measures for voters to consider, including a high-profile question about whether to replace the state’s embattled investor-owned utility companies, Central Maine Power and Versant, with a consumer-owned model. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office released the order of referendum questions that Mainers will weigh in November,
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WEBSep 23, 2022 · Beacon Staff October 3, 2024. On the podcast this week, Ben and Esther discuss the Vice-Presidential debate and the rhetoric candidates use and issues they co-opt when they attempt to appeal across party lines. Ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182. Subscribe to the podcast feed using any …
Returning land to tribes is a step towards justice and sustainability ...
WEBDec 1, 2020 · Last month, the Elliotsville Foundation gave back 735 acres to the Penobscot Nation, a parcel of land that connects two Penobscot-held land plots. While this return of land is a significant milestone in terms of the work of conservation groups in Maine, it also reflects a larger shift in thinking about land ownership, from property
Maine is nation’s whitest, most rural state that doesn’t vote ...
WEBAug 27, 2019 · Lisa Margulies (1) Maine is nation’s whitest, most rural state that doesn’t vote Republican. Dan Neumann August 27, 2019. Maine tops a list of just seven states where demographics have not yet become a reliable predictor of whether voters will break towards Democrats or Republicans in national elections. Maine, …
Beacon Podcast - Maine Beacon
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Beacon Staff October 3, 2024. On the podcast this week, Ben and Esther discuss the Vice-Presidential debate and the rhetoric candidates use and issues they co-opt when they attempt to appeal across party lines. Ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 619-3182. Subscribe to the podcast feed using any …
Report calls for Maine to decriminalize drugs, outlines dangers of ...
WEBMar 22, 2022 · Drug decriminalization would lead to far better health outcomes for people with substance use disorder while also saving Maine millions currently spent on punishment and incarceration rather than helping those who use drugs get treatment, a report released Monday found. The study was produced by the ACLU …
Kennebunk school board recall coming straight out of ‘GOP …
WEBDec 6, 2021 · A campaign by a group of Kennebunk residents to recall two members of the local school board over allegations of financial mismanagement and poor teacher retention, its opponents say, is not unlike conservative fights at school boards across Maine and the country to fan panic over mask requirements, vaccine mandates and anti-racist curriculums.. In fact, opponents of the recall in Regional ...
One Maine climate activist’s bold plan to take back the grid
WEBDec 26, 2022 · About Dan Neumann Dan studied journalism at Colorado State University before beginning his career as a community newspaper reporter in Denver. He reported on the Global North's interventions in Africa, including documentaries on climate change, international asylum policy and U.S. militarization on the continent before returning to his home state of Illinois to teach community journalism on ...
Shooting straight: How to buy a gun in Maine
WEBMay 27, 2016 · Here, in Part 1, I’ll describe in detail how one goes about legally buying a gun in Maine. In Part 2, I’ll discuss the effects and constitutionality of President Obama’s proposed new background checks rule. In Part 3, I’ll discuss the background checks referendum that Maine voters will have the opportunity to vote on this November.