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AP file The Maine State House is seen at dawn from Capitol Park, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Augusta, Maine. Maine would join several other states in banning campaign contributions by corporations to candidates and candidate committees under a proposal unveiled at a news conference on Thursday. Supporters argue it will help take money out of politics. Democratic state Sen. Louie Luchini of Ellsworth, who is sponsoring the bill, said the proposal is the latest of several campaign finance reform measures to come before the Maine Legislature. “The concept within this bill really isn’t a nove...

AP file A sign in protest of Central Maine Power's controversial hydropower transmission corridor is displayed along Rte. 201 near The Forks, Maine, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Note: The Pulse newsletter will not be published next week — reporter Steve Mistler will be on vacation. The debate over Central Maine Power’s controversial transmission project has raged for more than three years, long enough to make the arguments for and against it seem repetitive and stale. However, the battle remains eminently consequential — and not just for the energy companies that stand to profit or lose money...

Wikimedia Commons The Daniel-Johnson Dam in Quebec, Canada, is the largest arch and buttress dam in the world. For the past month Maine lawmakers have been considering a slate of bills that could sideline Hydro-Quebec from an upcoming referendum on Central Maine Power's highly controversial transmission project. The legislation centers on whether a company wholly owned by the Quebec provincial government should be allowed to spend money to influence Maine voters in the campaign. But the debate is actually bigger than that, and it has drawn the attention of national groups seeking to beat bac...

Image: Adobe Stock Rallying for election reforms, House Democrats unveiled a new bill entitled the “Fix Our Democracy Act” and highlighted a recently introduced measure designed to safeguard voting rights at a press conference Tuesday. Rep. Marcia Morey, D-Durham, said the Safeguarding Voting Rights bill (HB 446) she’s co-sponsoring “gives no favor to any party” by focusing on four areas to ensure ease and accessibility for voting: voter registration and absentee/mail-in voting, recruitment of pollworkers, increasing flexibility for voting hours and the rights to vote during state h...

House Judiciary Chairman Moore Capito leads a meeting of the committee. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The bill proposing several changes in state election laws will not be approved by the legislature this session. Moore Capito House of Delegates Judiciary Committee Chair Moore Capito said Wednesday on MetroNews “Talkline” there wasn’t enough time left to deal with Senate Bill 565. “We have a lot of bills in judiciary and unfortunately didn’t have time to address the issues in that bill this year,” Capito said. The state Senate passed t...