Newsweek - [Susan] Collins trailed a generic Democratic candidate in a new Cygnal poll released on Monday, which pointed to extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as a way to improve her standing among Mainers. ...
Forty-one percent of respondents said they would plan to vote for Collins, while 49 percent said they would vote for a Democratic candidate, according to the survey.
Press Herald - State Rep. Laurel Libby announced Monday that she will not seek reelection and instead will launch a network of organizations focused on educating and mobilizing conservatives. Libby, a Republican who has represented Auburn and Minot for three terms, said the network with include a nonprofit organization, a state political action committee and an overarching communication network.
She also announced the launch of the “Lead Maine Committee,” a federal PAC created in partnership with Sentinel Action Fund to support U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection campaign in 2026 and Republicans in future elections....
While Libby said she would not seek another term in the state Legislature, she did not say if she’s considering running for any other offices. She has long been considered a top candidate for governor.
Press Herald
- Rural Maine libraries fear loss of services if new standards are approved
- Business owners say they can’t afford to pay workers the high wages necessary to keep up with rising housing prices, and even when they can, there’s nowhere for employees to live.
- Only a year old, The Portland Dirt, which is styled after newspapers, has been amassing a following through copies placed in businesses around the city. Issues include restaurant reviews, horoscopes and comics, but mostly it’s poetry, surrounded by drawings, photos and collages. All the content is cut and pasted, scanned and printed — in black and white — on 11-by-17-inch pieces of paper that are then folded twice into their final form.
- A strain of the influenza virus that’s not a precise match for the vaccine has been spreading in the U.K., Canada and Japan, among other countries, and could sicken many in the U.S. this flu season. Dr. Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer for MaineHealth, said H3N2 tends to be a more potent strain, especially in older adults, which can result in more hospitalizations and illness in long-term care facilities.
Falmouth lawn policy
Friends of Casco Bay - If Casco Bay could talk, it would say thank you to the citizens of Falmouth, who voted to uphold their town’s pesticide and fertilizer ordinance. Falmouth developed the ordinance over several years of study and with considerable public input.
On election day, Falmouth citizens were given the choice to overturn the ordinance. Instead, by a healthy margin, they voted to keep it. By doing so, they chose to use lawn care that doesn’t put our kids, pets, or local waters at risk.
The Falmouth Town Council passed the ordinance earlier this year in response to the well-documented risks posed by toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Friends of Casco Bay contributed data that showed fertilizer and pesticide loads in local waters and supported the ordinance. We asked our members in the town to support it too.
With the vote, Falmouth joins Harpswell, Portland, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth in adopting similar ordinances. These efforts are encouraging other municipalities in the Casco Bay watershed to work on their own ordinances.