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 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 residents approved on November 3 an ordinance that increases the city’s minimum wage from $12 an hour to $15…
Portland voters approved Question A on their local ballots last week, an initiative opposed by the city’s mayor and most…
Four businesses in Portland––Novare Res, Sagamore Hill Lounge, Tomaso’s Canteen, and Rising Tide Brewing––have acquired restaurant licenses that will allow…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine grew by 20 overnight to 519 total infections, according to Dr. Nirav…
The City of Portland – Maine’s most liberal municipality – tried to prevent the Maine GOP from collecting signatures at…
The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee is holding a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. in…
On Monday, Portland City Councilors voted unanimously to put a measure on the March 3, 2020 ballot that would allow…
The Portland City Council voted Monday night to postpone consideration of a proposal to ban city employees from obtaining, retaining,…
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…
A lawmaker from Portland appears to have a personal vendetta against public charter schools. Rep. Michael Brennan is sponsoring a…
On Tuesday, April 24, the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee convened to take public comment on a…
Mainers enjoy their private property rights. That’s why you should be on the lookout if you are a resident of…
There is not a group of like-minded thinkers as counterproductive as liberals. With grand ideas like Medicaid expansion (which did…
I’ve known Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling since 2005 when I met him at the State House during an interview with…
Shortly after drawing public scrutiny for his comments regarding the racial makeup of convicted drug dealers in Maine and for…
I can’t say I’m surprised. The Press Herald is reporting that a group of Portland residents on Munjoy Hill have…
On Tuesday, voters in Portland rightfully shot down a ballot question that would have increased the city’s minimum wage to…
Last week , after over forty years in business, A Maine institution closed in Manchester, Maine. Ballard Meats and Seafood…
I watched the speech that socialist-cum-Democrat nominee Bernie Sanders delivered to a packed house in Portland last week. At many…
On Monday, at a campaign rally in Portland that drew an estimated 8,000 people, Sen. Bernie Sanders argued that he…
Can individual municipalities in Maine assess their own minimum wage, or is that the job of our elected officials in…
In case Portland citizens have forgotten, the City Council’s ordinance regarding disposable bags will be implemented on April 15th, and…
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing to double the minimum wage in Maine’s…
Several months ago, Maine Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, and former Maine Sen. Dick Woodbury, I-Yarmouth, announced an initiative to change…
Checkmate, Mr. Mayor. With the revelation that Portland’s homeless shelters have knowingly been giving shelter to frequent stayers who have…
Tell me if you’ve heard this one. A self-identifying progressive city, a home to a vibrant community of artists and…
Nearly everyone knows that innovation, competition, and development are needed to bring Maine into the 21st century – but apparently…
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has released this year’s edition of his annual report on wasteful spending in the federal…
Uber – the international ride-sharing company headquartered in California- has arrived in Maine. The company announced on last week that its…
This week, a Portland task force will hear final discussions on Mayor Michael Brennan’s proposal to increase the city’s minimum…
PORTLAND – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined Maine Gov. Paul LePage Wednesday for a campaign stop at Becky’s Diner…
A Portland Democrat said on Monday she would “rather be Santa than Scrooge,” referring to her party’s unwavering support for…
PORTLAND – A recently elected Portland City Councilor said Friday that if John F. Kennedy were alive today the former…
Chinese state-controlled media revealed this week its plans to counteract U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific, including suggestions that an…
By Paul Blair — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has friends in Portland, Maine. They’ve taken his call to impose government…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Thursday slammed Portland’s Democratic Mayor Michael Brennan for his “innappropriate” attack on…
Billionaire Democrat S. Donald Sussman and wife Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) are dealing with a lawsuit following the collapse of…