The senator knows small businesses are the heart of Maine communities, writes the president and co-owner of Capital Area Staffing Solutions in Augusta.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: Wear your mask to save a life, and a Maine business
The key to reopening safely, and staying open, is to protect our health.
George Smith: Enjoying life, even as ALS advances
The longtime columnist gives readers an update on his illness.
Maine Voices: Surge in immigrant detention can be stopped at the ballot box
If the inhumanity of the Trump administration’s policy toward undocumented immigrants doesn’t sway voters, maybe the cost to taxpayers will.
Maine Compass: Struggling families need broadband, digital literacy
Online education during the pandemic has revealed complex problems around technology and equity.
Maine Voices: Democratic Party heading in the wrong direction on immigration
The party’s platform is centered on a selective application of law enforcement that looks a lot like ‘openish’ borders.
Maine Voices: Women’s health at risk with new Supreme Court justice
Voters should remember at the polls the unjust process that pushed Amy Coney Barrett to a Senate vote.
Maine Voices: Let’s stay united as Mainers amid our religious, political differences
We can commit to actively protecting the right to vote by pledging to ‘defend democracy faithfully.’
The View From Here: Suburban battleground in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
As Susan Collins and Sara Gideon scrap for votes, the margin of victory in Greater Portland towns could decide the election.
Bill Nemitz: This is what teen democracy looks like
Just when Maine needs them most, high schoolers rise to the occasion as election workers.