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A conversation with Samantha Horn, director of Maine’s new Office of Community Affairs
Horn says her office will provide the ‘connective tissue’ local governments need as they work on making communities more resilient to climate change.
Maine public housing tenants face eviction at high rates. A new program to keep renters housed excludes them.
A new eviction prevention program fails to protect some of Maine’s most vulnerable residents from homelessness.
A quarter of Maine House races have only one major-party candidate. Here’s a map of those districts.
The number of races where Democrats and Republicans did not face off rose significantly in the pandemic election of 2020, and has stayed at almost the same level since.
Maine faces lawsuit for failing to adopt EV mandates, the latest state-level climate court case
Experts say a narrow focus on specific state laws and emissions sectors shows promise as a tactic in climate litigation, with wins for plaintiffs in comparable cases in Hawaii, Montana and Massachusetts.
State denies initial request of Bucksport-area owner to give up dams
What happens if the forfeit requests are accepted has never been tested.
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