The Maine Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are no longer supporting a referendum question they worked to place on Portland’s…
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Portland city officials cleared trash and a homeless encampment from Deering Oaks Park in Portland ahead of a planned event…
Up For Growth (UFG), a nonprofit membership organization which was “founded to elevate and amplify the need for solutions” to…
This November, Portland residents will vote on five citizens’ initiatives, four of which were sponsored by the Maine chapter of the…
Portland’s Charter Commission submitted its final report, including eight proposals for reform that will appear on the ballot in November,…
Five citizen’s initiatives will appear on Portland’s ballot in November. Four of those initiatives, including one to create an $18…
Last week, the Maine Democratic Socialists of America rushed to file paperwork with the City of Portland that set in…
The Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently announced it had filed paperwork with the city of…
Days after announcing the results of a lottery for a new pilot program that would allow only 10 food trucks…
Now that LD 2003, the housing bill sponsored by Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has been signed into…
If passed as currently written, a recently submitted draft proposal of reforms to Portland’s city charter features election reforms, including…
It wasn’t long ago that Democrats were claiming that the For the People Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis…
Last week, while driving toward the peninsula on Outer Congress Street around Craigie Street, I passed a seemingly able-bodied woman…
The trend of people quitting Portland government (councilors Nicholas Mavodones, Jill Duson, Spencer Thibodeau, city manager Jon Jennings, police chief…
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on February 7 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city.…
The Portland City Council voted to repeal the city’s declaration of emergency and implement an indoor mask mandate at its…
The current Portland City Charter Commission is worse than the 2009-10 one. The last one was prompted by widespread dissatisfaction…
On November 9, the Portland City Council’s Safety Committee voted to approve a sweeping ban on the sale of all…
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on October 18 to change the city fee structure for licenses of amusement devices.…
Arcadia National Bar, an arcade-themed bar in Portland, has been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bar’s…
The controversy over a hazardous-duty supplement to the minimum wage required by the recent referendum results in Portland is only…
School officials and building committees involved in Portland’s elementary school renovations are seeking clarification on the energy requirements of the…
Portland voters approved Question A on their local ballots last week, an initiative opposed by the city’s mayor and most…
The City of Portland – Maine’s most liberal municipality – tried to prevent the Maine GOP from collecting signatures at…
On Monday, Portland City Councilors voted unanimously to put a measure on the March 3, 2020 ballot that would allow…
On Tuesday, Portland residents went to the polls to cast their ballots to determine who will carry the progressive baton…
This week, Portland city officials notified Fair Elections Portland, a pro-ranked-choice voting group, that they did not acquire enough signatures…
When Portland City Councilors approved the city’s budget in May, it included a new manufacturing license for breweries, wineries and…
What creates jobs? What goes into building a healthy and vibrant economy that creates real opportunity for as many people…
Maine’s history is long and varied, but perhaps its greatest impact on the nation was its implementation of The Maine Law.…
Renting in Portland remains unaffordable for many of its residents. Instead of saving up money for new clothes, a new car,…
I can’t say I’m surprised. The Press Herald is reporting that a group of Portland residents on Munjoy Hill have…
Portland is not a cheap city to live in. According to a 2015 report by the Greater Portland Council of…
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing to double the minimum wage in Maine’s…
Nearly everyone knows that innovation, competition, and development are needed to bring Maine into the 21st century – but apparently…
By Paul Blair — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has friends in Portland, Maine. They’ve taken his call to impose government…