Sen. Susan Collins’ next challenger and the race to succeed Gov. Janet Mills in the Blaine House are just two of the stories worth keeping an eye on.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hilary Koch: Self-checkout is just an unpaid internship
It’s just one way that convenience and technology have outsourced all the work to us, the columnist writes.
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Opinion: Will Trump lower the boom on Boeing?
Given the president-elect’s friendly relationship history with the troubled aviation giant, will he continue to let it self-regulate its safety issues?
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Opinion: A call to abolish health insurance claim denials
Force the insurers to convince a judge or jury that they should not cover a treatment.
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Opinion: A grim reminder of the health insurance industry’s human cost
The reprehensible murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson revealed deep frustration felt by many Americans.
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Opinion: Maine Legislature needs to strengthen mining regulations
To prevent environmental harm, lawmakers must step up; the Maine Department of Environmental Protection lacks the resources for proper oversight.
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Opinion: Truth about private health insurance must not be lost to the news cycle
Decisions by insurance companies to deny coverage lead to patient deaths; we lose sight of that at our peril.
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Opinion: Without a clear leader, Democrats will keep losing
Not everything is ‘sunshine and rainbows’ as a wayward Democratic Party dared to suggest this year.
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Douglas Rooks: Syrian celebrations should be joined by all of us
Syria’s reprieve is a moment to celebrate — for Americans and all those who aspire to freedom from tyranny, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: The TikTok court case has staggering implications for free speech in America
The free speech implications of the coming ban on TikTok in the United States are staggering and unprecedented. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a federal law that requires TikTok to stop operating here on Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a […]