The former governor defends his decision to draw down federal funds to run an unaccredited institution.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Western Maine power line needed to fight climate change
Bringing Canadian hydro power into New England is what we need to replace aging nuclear power plant.
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The Maine Millennial: Ancient rhythms in control when the lights go out
Living without electricity is part of life in Maine, and people and houses and people quickly adjust to the way it used to be.
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Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats try to keep banning binge going
Bills that would ban plastic straws and vaping could get a spot on the second session agenda alongside strict gun control legislation.
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Jay Ambrose: William Barr is right about religion
Attorney General William Barr recently gave a speech on religious freedom at the University of Notre Dame law school, saying that mainstream faiths were being attacked by secularists, mass media, academia, movies, TV and the like, that our traditional moral system was being degraded and that the self-discipline of the past was fleeing. In no […]
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Commentary: GOP faced with the most damning impeachment testimony yet
How bad was diplomat William Taylor’s testimony for President Donald Trump? Bad enough to prompt dozens of House Republicans on Wednesday to interrupt the impeachment inquiry, arguing that the process should be conducted in public, not in secret. Three House committees have been taking depositions privately in day-long sessions held in a secure room in […]
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Senate Democratic leaders: The Fighting for Maine Agenda is about putting Mainers first
We’re focusing on health care, property taxes, energy independence and giving workers a fair shake.
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Tom Waddell: Public hearings will reveal who Trump really is
Everyone, including the president’s supporters, need to hear for themselves how he has violated his oath of office.
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Rep. Golden: Corporate money behind scary prescription drug ads
Common sense reforms that most Americans support are made to look like a ‘socialist takeover.’
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Douglas Rooks: Our endangered ‘government of laws’
When those public officials chosen under a democratic system do not want to be bound by the legal limits of their power, they sometimes ignore those limits, and defy those trying to defend the system. That’s the lesson we’re now learning in Washington. But we saw it unfold in Augusta years earlier, during the administration […]