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vaccination

Published
October 8, 2019

Campaign to overturn new vaccine law raised $160,000 to finance petition drive

Mainers for Health and Parental Choice spent more than $70,000 to a consultant it hired to oversee the collection of voters' signatures.
Published
September 22, 2019

Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect

Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.
Published
September 18, 2019

Vaccine bill passed by lawmakers likely headed for statewide vote

Opponents of the new requirement for school-age immunizations submit more than enough valid signatures to challenge the law on the March ballot.
Published
September 13, 2019

As deadline passes, it’s unclear which ‘people’s veto’ efforts will clear first hurdle

Groups had until Friday evening to turn in petition signatures to town clerks, the first critical step in qualifying to put a ‘people's veto’ question on the ballot next year.
Published
August 30, 2019

Our View: Don’t sign ‘people’s veto’ just to put it on the ballot

A referendum to repeal a law should occur only if enough people actually disagree with the statute.

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Published
August 25, 2019

Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions

No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.
Published
August 18, 2019

Jim Fossel: People’s veto a check on power

The direct voice of the Maine voter should be heard on the most controversial laws.
Published
July 9, 2019

Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns

With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
Published
June 25, 2019

‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws

The groups behind the campaigns want voters to decide on laws that require insurers to cover abortion and that eliminate broad exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
Published
June 23, 2019

Winners and losers of the 2019 legislative session

Democrats used their legislative majority and control of the Blaine House to push through many bills in health care, education and the environment, but some measures still fell by the wayside.