By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“They kind of worked over the course of decades to do a death by a thousand cuts, chipping away at its breadth. This may be kind of a funhouse mirror version of that.” - Mary Ziegler, a legal historian and law professor on an Idaho court ruling that could impact state abortion bans.
Augusta mobile home park residents gather signatures for a lot rent stabilization ordinance. (Photo courtesy of the Maine Labor Climate Council)
HOUSING
By Emma Davis
People who live in mobile homes in Augusta last week succeeded in gathering enough signatures to put a lot rent stabilization ordinance on the city’s November ballot. It's the latest in a series of efforts by mobile home residents and the state to keep the homes affordable.
ELECTION 2026
By Emma Davis
Jackson, who replaced former Democratic nominee Graham Platner during the final week that month, raised just over $5.3 million through ActBlue.
ABORTION POLICY
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Stateline
A federal court ruling out of Idaho has potential implications for exceptions in abortion bans nationwide and could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide.
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