Oversight and accountability should be applied to the handling of this crisis, on the federal level and here in Maine.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Community Compass: Please stand beside the Kennebec Valley YMCA
The organization, which imparts great lessons on its members and the community, needs your help, the president of its board of directors writes.
Bruce Poliquin: It’s time to start carefully reopening Maine
Get all hands on deck to process unemployment claims, open all of our state parks and let rural areas get back to normal life.
Commentary: To keep the air clear after COVID-19, take steps for clean transportation
It’s important to make sure that the post-pandemic ‘new normal’ includes clearer skies and healthier lives.
Bill Nemitz: Cutting through the thicket between want and need
As Maine partially reopens its economy today, each of us still must decide when, and how, to re-engage.
Central Maine Power: Claims on consumer-owned utilities don’t hold up
Because Central Maine Power invests in the equipment needed for infrastructure maintenance and system improvement, we can flexibly meet residential, commercial and local municipal power needs, company officials say.
Maine Voices: For the divorced, co-parenting in a pandemic is problematic
Legal practitioners offer some perspective on how to abide by Maine’s stay-at-home order.
Reps. Blume, Hobbs: It’s time to talk about Maine’s tourism industry
At the local, state and federal levels, we need to develop a plan for support during the COVID crisis.
Commentary: What does a socially distanced summer even look like?
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Maine Voices: A doctor writes an informed prescription for coronavirus
Accept that we won’t see a cure or a return to normal life any time soon, says a physician who’s been caring for patients at Maine Med.