Bond issue
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
Committee endorses $30 million bond to support Maine trails
The proposal needs two-thirds support in both the House of Representatives and Senate in order to be sent to voters in November.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Jim Fossel: Beware the bond-funded Maine job initiative
Both voters and politicians act as if bonds are piles of free money flowing from rainbows. Would that it were the case.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2021
Waterville council to discuss purchase, use of former Sacred Heart Church
Among the considerations for the church land between Pleasant Street and Middle Street is using it as a feeding location and overnight shelter for the homeless.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2021
Our View: Pass Question 2, but heed the wake-up call
It’s not enough to throw hundreds of millions of dollars every year at a transportation system built on the old way of doing things.
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PublishedMay 7, 2021
Mills proposes $140 million bond package for land conservation, transportation
The $40 million bond for the Land for Maine's Future program would honor longtime sportsman George Smith, who died in February after a long battle with ALS.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2021
Commentary: Dark side of Land for Maine’s Future bond – hunting, fishing and trapping mandate
Conserving land with taxpayer funds shouldn’t require giving up local control and letting the state set the terms.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Commentary: Pass new Land for Maine’s Future bond to enable Maine’s COVID recovery
We need to reinvest in the LMF program to meet the matching requirements for critical federal conservation funds.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2020
Maine public advocate: Vote ‘yes’ on 1 to invest in better broadband for rural Maine
This is an opportunity to leverage state, federal and private funds and build employment and educational opportunities statewide.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2020
Our View: A vote for Question 1 is a vote for the future of rural Maine
The lack of high-speed internet is leaving parts of the state behind.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
Health care, corrections, broadband at top of state legislative agenda
The Legislature will return with a long list of work before including another attempt to pass a package of borrowing bills aimed at building infrastructure and boosting the economy.
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