Prospect writers weigh in on elections around the nation.
Maine
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Tries to Take Back Its Utilities
A ballot measure would convert two investor-owned power companies into a public nonprofit. Unionized utility workers aren’t sold.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Unions Near Compromise With Governor on Offshore Wind
The governor rejected a bill requiring a project labor agreement in the state’s contract with offshore wind developers. Now, she is said to support a similar proposal that drops the term ‘PLA.’
Posted inTAP
As Goes Maine?
Today on TAP: A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Governor Opposes Labor Standards for Offshore Wind Energy
Labor groups fear offshore wind could go the same way as solar: low wages and temp workers.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
What Could Chill Heat Pumps
The obstacles to installing a transformative technology
Posted inPolitics
Maine Didn’t Get Fooled Again
Janet Mills thwacked Trumpist Paul LePage on a good night for Democratic women in New England.
Posted inPolitics
For Young Voters, Abortion Still Looms Large
In Maine, mobilizing young voters focuses on preserving women’s reproductive freedoms.
Posted inPolitics
Clash of the Titans in Maine
Janet Mills and Paul LePage are no strangers to political acrimony in a race that is as much about inflation as it is abortion.
Posted inPolitics
Competence Meets Chaos in Maine Governor’s Race
Do Mainers want a governor to do the job or a petty chief executive to wreck the place again?
