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Bond issue

Published
March 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
November 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.
Published
October 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.
Published
May 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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Published
March 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
July 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.
Published
July 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.
Published
January 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.