The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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Archive of Maine on Monday November 02, 2009
Spending limits, gambling top fiscal 2009 ballot measures
The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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ME: Maine to vote on gay marriage
Maine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters. Read More
ME: Maine marriage law has nation engaged
Kansas crop farmer Terry Lawrence first read about Maine's ballot box showdown over gay marriage from online news sites catering to conservative Christians. Read More
ME: Get-out-the-vote effort in high gear
BANGOR, Maine — Hordes of volunteers armed with lawn signs and cell phones made a final push for votes over the weekend as Mainers prepared to cast ballots on issues ranging from gay marriage to government spending. Read More
ME: Maine's vote on gay marriage draws national attention
"As Maine goes, so goes the nation" is a political cliché long since out of use. Read More
ME: Questions for John Baldacci -- The wedding march
Last spring, you signed a bill that made Maine the fifth state in this country to legalize same-sex marriage. But this Tuesday, in a referendum known as Question 1, the citizens of Maine will be voting on whether to repeal the new law. In what way is this a national issue? Read More
VT: Vermonters push for gay marriage
Don McIntyre said he never thought he'd be one of those telemarketing types who call people at dinner time with a string of questions, but there he was last month, dialing numbers, interrupting dinners. McIntyre is one of dozens of Vermonters who have pitched in to push for same-sex marriage in Maine. Read More
ME: Ground beef recall linked to illness in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine -- A New York-based manufacturer is recalling about 456,00 pounds of ground beef products after people become ill in Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts, according to the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service. Read More
ME: Study weighs Maine homeless housing costs
A new study says it's cheaper for taxpayers if government provides supportive housing for disabled, homeless people than it is to do nothing. Read More
ME: Legislator wants to fix policies that add to school dropout rate
PORTLAND, Maine — State Sen. Justin Alfond is sponsoring a bill that would require the Maine Department of Education to take steps to increase the state's high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2016. Read More
ME: Reading the election-turnout tea leaves
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is predicting a 35 percent voter turnout on Tuesday, despite heavy advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate. Read More
US: State ballots tackle controversial issues Tuesday
Voters in six states will decide Tuesday on a range of hot-button issues, from same-sex marriage and medical marijuana laws to borrowing funds for open space. Read More
ME: Maine's cranberry growers find their healthy product under siege
BANGOR, Maine -- This wasn't such a good summer for cranberries, a niche crop in Washington County, experts and berry farmers agree. Too much rain caused the cranberry vines to grow like crazy, putting all their energy into vines and none into berries. Read More |
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