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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Douglas Rooks: Scrap the $500 million spending bill and start over
Gov. Mills should have known better than to push through the heating assistance bill on the first day of the Legislature.
Maine Voices: Gun violence is neither far off nor impossible in our state
The Sandy Hook shootings made me realize that if I wanted gun violence to end, I couldn’t wait around for others to end it.
Commentary: Wild inflation? Not anymore. A closer look shows we’re already approaching normal
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Commentary: Who gets to decide when and how we die?
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Maine Voices: “Marriage! What a strange word to be applied to two men!”
The same-sex union between painter Russell Cheney and Harvard history and literature professor F. O. Matthiessen would have worked out very differently today.
Maine Voices: Trail networks, while popular, aren’t for everybody
Maine is an aging state. My partner and I don’t believe we’re the only people who feel rail would be better than trail.
Tom Waddell: The next generation must grab the torch of freedom
There is an ongoing battle for the soul of American politics.
Maine Public Advocate: Residents need additional assistance for tough winter ahead
To assure that electricity is affordable, Maine needs to increase annual assistance from its current level of approximately $17 million to approximately $60 million.
Commentary: Maine’s senators need to act fast to save Maine’s farmers
We’re keenly aware that there’s no farm-to-table dining – at our restaurants or anywhere else – without farms.