For all intents and purposes, the 131st Maine Legislature has finished its first session. All that remains is dividing up a few million dollars still available in a pair of record-setting budgets.
Dusting off an old idea, Maine could join a list of cities and states across the country that are taking matters into their own hands to address soaring housing prices by becoming public housing developers. Democratic Rep. Grayson Lookner of Portland introduced LD 1867 to the Select Committee on Housing in a public hearing on