politics
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2022
Cost of canceling student debt: Roughly $400 billion, CBO says
The estimate by the Congressional Budget Office will fuel new debate over President Biden’s student debt decision, which was cheered by advocates but assailed by Republican lawmakers as a waste of government money.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2022
Pair of Portland referendums offer competing proposals for regulating short-term rentals
Question A seeks to ban corporate and non-local operators from registering short-term rentals, while Question B would reduce the number of short-term rentals and increase fines and fees.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
How Rudy Giuliani, once a national hero, ruined his own reputation
Andrew Kirtzman explains how America's Mayor became a nonsense-peddling Trump loyalist.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Trump and DeSantis: Once allies, now in simmering rivalry with 2024 nearing
DeSantis has cast himself as a combative conservative in Trump's mold, denouncing the media and the political establishment.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Commentary: The quest to move party politics Forward will require other parties
In America, third-party efforts tend to be viewed with suspicion. What would help their credibility? More and different efforts.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2022
Portland estimates cost of charter proposals and citizen initiatives at over $6.5 million
A fiscal impact note prepared by city staff puts cost of the charter commission proposals at $1 million and the citizen initiatives at more than $5.5 million.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2022
Mainers attracted by Oath Keepers’ vision, repulsed by its extremism
A recently released list of the violent, anti-government group's membership rolls dates to 2009, casting doubt on how many of the 215 Mainers who were listed remain active in the group.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2022
With Kate Snyder stepping aside, who will run for Portland mayor?
The election is still more than a year away and some potential candidates, including former Mayor Ethan Strimling and school board Chair Emily Figdor, said that right now they're focused on other work.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Virginia governor’s plan to join Paul LePage in Lewiston draws heat from Democrats
Republicans holding major fundraiser next week featuring possible presidential candidate Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
Gordon Weil: America’s culture of political violence
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