The state’s public employees retirement system has yet to comply with a 2021 mandate requiring it to do so. Why?
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Calling on Sen. Collins to protect grant funding for survivors of domestic abuse | Opinion
With community organizations already trying to stretch limited resources, securing the future of the Community Development Block Grant program is critical.
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The constitutional amendment we need most | Opinion
America’s Founding Fathers never imagined the need for a provision to keep felons from being elected president. It’s clear we need one now.
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When it comes to dignity and fairness, we could take a leaf from Harriet Beecher Stowe | Opinion
On the 175th anniversary of the first appearance of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” we ought to connect the messages of the novel to today’s humanitarian crises.
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Lone Star State doings could benefit Susan Collins | Jim Fossel
If Democrats feel they have a better shot at defeating a controversial Senate nominee out west, they may consider shifting more resources from Maine.
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The Department of Justice has been hijacked by a vindictive president | Opinion
American jurors and an independent judiciary are now our only guardrails against a DOJ that has been co-opted by President Donald Trump.
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More and more to like about Lewiston | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
Even if we weren’t harried new parents who never get out, we’d have been impressed.
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What happened to Maine’s tradition of independent leadership? | Opinion
If we’ve lost that, we’ve lost something that has long made our state different.
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I am an American, a Muslim, an immigrant, and I am not your enemy | Opinion
Should we spend our energy solving the problems that keep Mainers awake at night, or searching for enemies among our neighbors?
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Maine needs an education governor. That governor is Hannah Pingree. | Opinion
We need a leader in the Blaine House who can create educational opportunities by linking and mobilizing the entire educational spectrum.