Noam M. Levey - Maine Beacon
Dec 5, 2024 · Noam N. Levey, senior correspondent, joined KFF Health News in 2021 after 17 years at the Los Angeles Times, the last 12 as the paper’s national health care reporter based in Washington, D.C. Noam has reported on health care issues from more than three dozen states and four continents and won numerous honors, including two prestigious NIHCM awards, one for the 2019 series “Inside America ...
Opinion: Mainers deserve a say in constitutional elections
Dec 3, 2024 · When I served in the state Senate from 2003–2005, Republicans sponsored constitutional amendments to change the way Maine picks our attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer.Last year, they tried again.. I voted with them back then and would have done the same last year — because, and I don’t say this often, they are right.. The system they have been trying to change ...
Maine is the only rural, working-class state led by Democrats. Why?
Nov 19, 2024 · As election results continue to roll in, the process of interpreting those results has begun. This might seem premature, since it could be months before we have an accurate account of who actually voted in states. (Notoriously unreliable exit polls don’t count.) We do already know some things, though. We know that Republicans, led by
Democrat - Maine Beacon
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What’s on the November ballot in Maine — and what it means
Aug 1, 2023 · Maine’s November ballot will be busy, with eight measures for voters to consider, including a high-profile question about whether to replace the state’s embattled investor-owned utility companies, Central Maine Power and Versant, with a consumer-owned model. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office released the order of referendum questions that Mainers will weigh in …
Opinion: What I am thankful for in politics - Maine Beacon
Nov 26, 2024 · Last year at Thanksgiving I wrote a column listing everything I was thankful for in politics. It wasn’t too hard, as both 2022 and 2023 had been great political years — from Democrats holding strong in the midterms to progressives beating back local attempts to gut rent control — and there was obviously great hope for 2024.
Opinion: The truth about Theriault - Maine Beacon
Oct 4, 2024 · About Ethan Strimling Ethan Strimling served for 10 years as the progressive mayor and state senator representing Portland. He also spent 19 years as the executive director of LearningWorks, a social service agency helping to break …
Gender-affirming care providers lose proposed protections as …
Jan 26, 2024 · The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted down a bill that would have compelled Maine not to cooperate with law enforcement from states that have banned gender-affirming care who are investigating people who have sought such treatment here. LD 1735, a bill sponsored by Democratic Rep. Laurie Osher of Orono, was a top priority
Opinion: These progressive champions will protect what makes …
Oct 29, 2024 · This year, Portland is guaranteed to turn over a third of its city council seats due to retirements. For context, that is the equivalent of the U.S. Congress turning over 143 members. You may think I am being dramatic, but in the last decade, this has only happened twice, 2015 and 2021. The consequence of
Struggling Mainers call CMP’s winter disconnection notices a ‘fear ...
Jan 27, 2021 · When Amy Bregy and her husband received a disconnection notice from Central Maine Power in November, her husband paid $900 out of the $1,000 that CMP said they owed, taking at face value the company's declaration that the couple could face disconnection without payment. But in actuality, the disconnection notice they received came during the