Mainers vote to halt $1B electric transmission line
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mainers voiced their disapproval Tuesday for a 145-mile...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mainers voiced their disapproval Tuesday for a 145-mile...
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, is calling on the Biden administration to revisit a controversial presidential permit for a hydropower transmission project.
By Staff Even as Central Maine Power Co. starts construction of a 145-mile electricity transmission line through the western part of the state, a potential referendum that could block the project has taken a step toward a statewide vote. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said in a news release Monday that her office received 80,506 valid signatures in petitions backing the citizens initiative, more than enough for it to advance. The Maine Legislature will now consider the proposal, and can enact it as written or place it on the Nov. 2 general ballot. Opponents of the $950 ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine election officials on Monday certified that opponents of a...
The Secretary of State's Office finds 80,506 valid signatures, more than enough to put the issue on the November ballot.