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Archive of Maine on Tuesday November 03, 2009
ME: At stake in Maine vote -- a potential first for gay marriage
No state has ever approved gay marriage at the polls. Gay marriage advocates and opponents have poured into Maine in an effort to either break the streak or keep it intact Tuesday. Read More
ME: As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage
Maine could become the first state to endorse gay marriage by popular referendum Tuesday, as voters head to the polls to decide whether to repeal a recently-passed law legalizing unions between people of the same gender. Read More
ME: Mainers head to polls to decide same-sex marriage, tax changes
Maine voters will head to the polls today in an off-year election with no major political offices on the ballot but plenty of hot-button issues to help draw people into the voting booth. Read More
ME: Workers' comp premiums to fall an avg. 7%
The Maine Bureau of Insurance has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance's request for a decrease in workers' compensation loss costs for policy year 2010 by an average of 7 percent. Read More
ME: Group goes to court for referendum
A Maine anti-tax group has gone to court against the state because election officials have failed to meet a deadline to rule on a referendum proposal. Read More
ME: HUD finds conflicts on housing authority board
BREWER, Maine — Officials with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have found that federal violations occurred when officials from the Brewer Housing Authority authorized contracts with the Ellen M. Leach Memorial Home. Read More
US: Rental car taxes are getting jacked up
Anyone renting a car in Maine would be paying the state 12.5% of their bill in excise taxes starting last month if the legislature there had its way. Read More
ME: Economic forecast still grim
State revenues continue to fall below estimates, bolstering the position of the state Economic Forecasting Commission that it will be next year before there are solid signs of the economy recovering. Read More
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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