The dad or mum firms of Maine’s two largest investor-owned utilities, Central Maine Energy and Versant Energy, are reporting a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in earnings since they started elevating charges final 12 months. Many Mainers’ electrical payments spiked in the beginning of this 12 months after the Maine Public Utilities Fee introduced there can be an 83% improve…
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A Maine small enterprise group and a nationwide advocacy group launched a report Wednesday sounding the alarm concerning the affect of billionaires on the American political course of, with the extremely wealthy pumping tens of hundreds of thousands into the 2022 midterm elections primarily in assist of Republican candidates. The report was put collectively by People for Tax…
Advocates on the forefront of the battle in opposition to poisonous substances in Maine are pushing again in opposition to a current letter from over 50 trade teams, together with the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, requesting that the Mills administration delay implementation of a legislation requiring firms to supply data on merchandise that include PFAS starting in 2023. The…
Of their newest marketing campaign finance submitting the Maine Affiliation of Realtors experiences giving the utmost particular person donation of $425 every to 16 state lawmakers looking for re-election. All are Republicans and all 16 have been endorsed by the Christian Civic League of Maine, the state’s main opponent of abortion rights which not too long ago celebrated the overturning of…
Organizers for a marketing campaign to switch Maine’s unpopular investor-owned utilities with a consumer-owned mannequin say they exceeded their signature assortment objective throughout this month’s major and are on observe to quickly have the variety of petitions wanted to set off a referendum in November 2023. Our Energy, a grassroots coalition spearheading the consumer-owned utility marketing campaign, introduced…
Not too long ago launched marketing campaign finance experiences reveal The Dinner Desk PAC, an area committee launched throughout the COVID pandemic to assist candidates who oppose Maine’s COVID vaccine mandate for well being employees, has raised virtually $100k in small donations thus far this 12 months. As of June 13, the Richmond-based group had a money stability of practically $190,000…
Although there’s vast settlement that the state’s investor-owned utilities, Central Maine Energy and Versant, usually are not assembly the wants of shoppers, a committee that oversees how greatest to ship inexpensive, dependable, climate-friendly energy to Mainers is break up on one of the best path ahead. After a piece session March 18, the Vitality, Utilities and Expertise Committee…
A measure that might handle huge field shops that problem native assessments to get steep reductions to their property tax payments and a proposal that might rescind restrictive needle alternate insurance policies in Maine have handed preliminary votes within the Home and Senate, setting each payments up for remaining legislative approval. ‘Darkish retailer’ invoice As Beacon…
A invoice requiring municipal candidates and PACs in Maine’s three largest cities to reveal their marketing campaign finance experiences to the general public handed the Maine Home and Maine Senate this month however is going through concern over its opaque $1 million fiscal observe for “software program upgrades.” The proposal, LD 1658, sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner (D-Portland), is…
