Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced today that she had certified more than enough signatures to qualify the No Blank Checks ...
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NO BLANK CHECKS PROPOSAL HEADED TO NOVEMBER VOTE
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NO BLANK CHECKS CAMPAIGN SUBMITS SIGNATURES FOR 2023 REFERENDUM
The No Blank Checks campaign today submitted over 93,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State in support of a referendum next year ...
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6,000 MEMBER MAINE LABOR GROUP ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC GRID
The 6,000 member Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council announced this week they are joining labor unions, business groups, ...
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PROPOSAL FOR STATE TAKEOVER OF CMP, VERSANT OPPOSED BY BUSINESS, LABOR, THOUSANDS OF MAINERS
A proposal to seize Versant Power and Central Maine Power to form a government-run utility has been met with widespread opposition—from ...
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NEW STATEWIDE POLL SHOWS MAINERS THINK A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF UTILITIES WILL DRIVE UP BILLS
A new statewide poll of likely voters in Maine found that an overwhelming majority believe a takeover of the state’s electric utilities ...
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COALITION OPPOSING STATE TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC GRID ANNOUNCES MEMBERS
The Maine Affordable Energy Coalition announced today that over 8,200 Mainers and dozens of organizations and small businesses have joined ...
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Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Announces Opposition to Government-Controlled Power Proposal
In the post, SAM announced their opposition to the proposed seizure of Central Maine Power and Versant to form a government-run power ...
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ICYMI: Maine AFL-CIO Opposes Referendum To Seize Utilities
The Maine AFL-CIO’s Executive Board has voted to oppose a proposed referendum to replace Maine’s two primary utilities with a ...
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ICYMI: Labor Unions Oppose Government-Controlled Power Proposal
The labor unions representing Maine electrical workers came out today formerly opposing the proposal to seize CMP and Versant. Their press ...
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Maine Affordable Energy Statement on Proposed Referendum
Today we filed an application for a citizen initiative with the Maine Secretary of State’s office to begin the process of collecting ...
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Maine Affordable Energy statement after Gov. Mills announced that she would veto L.D. 1708
Governor Mills listened to both sides, read the bill carefully, and came to the same conclusion that many of us have come to—the proposal ...