A new property tax stabilization program aimed at helping keep senior citizens in their homes went into effect on August…
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Starting this August, senior citizens in Maine will be able to freeze their property tax rate, preventing their bill from…
A law intended to stabilize property taxes for full-time Maine residents aged 65 or older who have owned a homestead…
Portland’s Charter Commission submitted its final report, including eight proposals for reform that will appear on the ballot in November,…
Last week, the Maine Democratic Socialists of America rushed to file paperwork with the City of Portland that set in…
Days after announcing the results of a lottery for a new pilot program that would allow only 10 food trucks…
If passed as currently written, a recently submitted draft proposal of reforms to Portland’s city charter features election reforms, including…
Last week, while driving toward the peninsula on Outer Congress Street around Craigie Street, I passed a seemingly able-bodied woman…
Last week, LD 2003, a bill sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau to reform local and state-level housing policy, passed engrossment votes in…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing March 7 on a bill that would make…
Arcadia National Bar, an arcade-themed bar in Portland, has been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bar’s…
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic lockdowns, no individual should have to worry about additional taxation without representation.
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a nearly $2 trillion spending…
In Maine and 12 other states, local governments have the ability to steal the equity you’ve built in your home…
When struggling to make ends meet, conventional wisdom tells us we have few options: limit unnecessary expenditures, find ways to…
