Blue Economy Center is key to Maine’s ocean future | Opinion
Our state’s rich marine environment is changing. Now is the time to seize on emerging opportunities.
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While workforce housing programs are essential, Maine’s existing model fails the people it is meant to help.
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Annulment of EPA ‘endangerment findings’ cripples Clean Air Act | Opinion
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With Flock, South Portland built a surveillance goldmine. That can’t happen again. | Opinion
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The fight against Alzheimer’s should not be a partisan fight | Opinion
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This approach treats the whole person, not just the disease.
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For municipalities and police departments to use this technology as a form of surveillance violates Mainers’ Fourth Amendment rights.