ME: Maine rejects same-sex marriage
Maine voters rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry in a closely fought referendum that saw unexpectedly high turnout.
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Archive of Maine on Wednesday November 04, 2009
ME: Maine rejects same-sex marriage
Maine voters rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry in a closely fought referendum that saw unexpectedly high turnout. Read More
ME: Medical marijuana access law OK'd
BANGOR, Maine -- Mainers who use marijuana to relieve the symptoms of certain medical conditions will have easier access to the drug after voters approved Question 5 on Tuesday's statewide referendum ballot. Read More
ME: TABOR, excise tax questions soundly defeated
BANGOR, Maine — Maine voters soundly rejected a pair of tax-related referendums that sought to reduce the excise tax on some vehicles and place limits on state and municipal spending. Read More
ME: Clerks swamped by turnout
Surprised clerks in Maine's biggest cities and smallest towns reported massive turnout more typical of a presidential election for Tuesday's statewide referendums. Read More
ME: Voters turn down constitution change
BANGOR, Maine — A constitutional amendment that encountered no resistance in the Legislature ran into a wall of no votes Tuesday at the polls, according to unofficial results compiled by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
ME: Repeal of school reform law rejected
Maine voters have rejected a move to repeal the state's school district consolidation law — and they did so in convincing fashion. Read More
ME: HUD -- No federal funds used in Brewer land deal
BREWER, Maine — A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development review of the financial books at Brewer Housing Authority revealed that only local revenues were used in a recent land purchase between the housing authority and its former board chairman. Read More
ME: Residents favor transportation bond
BANGOR, Maine — Voters in Maine supported a $71 million transportation bond nearly 2-to-1, according to unofficial voting results compiled by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
ME: Gay marriage repealed in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — Voters on Tuesday repealed the state's same sex marriage law after an emotionally charged campaign that drew large numbers to the polls and focused national attention on Maine. Read More
CT: State helps fight electricity rate system
A coalition of New England states, energy consumers and a utility urged the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to reject a federal regulatory structure that coalition members said would hold people who already pay the nation's highest electric rates hostage to wholesale rates set by private companies. Read More |
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