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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Maine Compass: We’ve tried everything else – it’s time for universal health care
Interesting things are happening in rural Maine. • People with software jobs elsewhere are moving to Maine — but only where high-speed internet exists. • Artists, photographers, actors, musicians from away have created a sophisticated cultural economy. • A bumper crop of young farmers is moving in — the number of farmers, the acres under […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Maine Compass: Don’t make it harder to access Maine’s popular charter schools
Despite their success in Maine and across the country, elected officials continue to attack the remarkable progress of public charter schools, and Maine is no exception. This session, Rep. Michael Brennan of Portland is the primary sponsor of a pair of bills that would drastically limit Maine students’ access to public charter school programs, separating […]
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PublishedMarch 11, 2019
Our View: Climate change fight will take many forms
Gov. Mills’ wins in the CMP power project show that she will seize opportunities as they arise.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2019
View from Away: Targeting border journalists is an outrage
Chilling is an understatement. The U.S. government, in the name of border security and in tandem with the Mexican government, created and kept dossiers — what NBC 7 in San Diego, which broke the story, called a “secret database” — on a group of 59 journalists, advocates, activists and an attorney who met with members […]
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Our View: By retiring mascot, Skowhegan does the right thing
Like other Maine schools before them, the SAD 54 board showed they had genuinely listened to people who said the Indians mascot was hurtful.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Jim Fossel: National Popular Vote Compact would give Maine’s vote on risky scheme
It’s the worst of many bad ideas floating around Augusta right now.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Greg Kesich: There’s not much room for compromise between the parties anymore
Even in “odd” years, powerful political forces drive elected officials away from common ground.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Maine Compass: Mainers put more women in high office than any other state
Public funding, a history of female role models and recruiting organizations all play a part.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2019
Commentary: Republicans’ new ‘Red Scare’ tactics ring false
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference — a reliable index of far-right apprehensions — rolled into Washington last weekend, proclaiming long and loud the new Republican mantra: If we don’t re-elect Donald Trump, neo-Stalinism will befall us! Speaker after speaker told the assembled faithful what President Donald Trump had intimated in his State of the […]
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PublishedMarch 9, 2019
View from Away: Social media shows we’re just like NBA players
If ever there was a group of people we’d think wouldn’t have a care in the world, it would be NBA players. Their wealth, talent and fame are beyond what any of us could imagine for ourselves. But we were reminded recently that, in some not-so-great ways, these towering athletes are just like us. It […]
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