
Grace Benninghoff
City Hall Reporter at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
covering city hall for @pressherald previously @texasmonthly @npr @vtdigger @columbiajourn
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1 week ago |
pressherald.com | Grace Benninghoff
The Portland city manager is proposing a $285 million general fund budget for next year that would contribute to an overall tax rate increase of 6.2% and pull nearly $9 million from the rainy day fund to account for potential federal and state funding cuts that have left the city in a tough position. City Manager Danielle West presented her budget Monday night to the City Council, which voted unanimously to refer it to the finance committee for further review after little discussion.
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2 weeks ago |
centralmaine.com | Grace Benninghoff
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2 weeks ago |
pressherald.com | Grace Benninghoff
Maine’s requirement that car owners register their vehicles with a municipality is creating a problem for those who are forced to live in their cars and don’t have a permanent address. Rep. Dan Sayre, D-Kennebunk, is sponsoring a bill this session that would allow anyone without a fixed address to register their vehicle directly with the Maine Department of the Secretary of State and pay excise taxes there, rather than at a city or town office.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Grace Benninghoff
Apr. 7—The Portland City Council is grappling with how to respond to the Trump administration's executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, immigrants and transgender people — or whether to respond at all.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Grace Benninghoff
Mar. 28—A new tenants union in Portland is promising to do more to fight rent control violations at the same time that the city has increased staffing dedicated to enforcing the new rules. The Portland Tenants Union, formed at the end of last year, aims to represent all renters in the city and monitor violations of the rent control ordinance.
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