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13 October
5:49 pm

We are number fifty for infrastructure, including schools, and that's because there's been no capital reinvestment for eight years.

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:49 pm
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Why we checked itClaims Maine ranks last (50th) in infrastructure including schools, and attributes this to eight years of no capital reinvestment — a specific ranking and causal claim that can be verified against infrastructure rankings and budget data.
What we foundMaine did rank #50 for infrastructure in the most recent CNBC 2025 ranking, but the claim that there has been 'no capital reinvestment for eight years' is contradicted by official state and engineering sources documenting billions in investment.
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