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Policy Wonk: Portland parks initiative preserves a constitutionally protected right

Maine’s Constitution was amended in 1909 to take back two important powers of the people that had been ceded to the state Legislature: 1) the people’s power, as sovereign, to enact state legislation, and 2) their power to veto “any Acts, bills, resolves, or resolutions” of the state Legislature. A third provision, enacted at the […]

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Letter: State rep backs Breen for state Senate

Many challenges await Maine’s next Legislature, among them investing and strengthening opportunities in education for students at all levels and providing the highest quality infrastructure to attract the new investment and employers necessary to secure our economic future. Cathy Breen, a Democratic contender in Senate District 25, has earned our enthusiastic support. Cathy understands that […]