The ‘Yes on 3’ campaign for Pine Tree Power is challenging top executives at CMP and Versant to a public debate.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Ben Bragdon: For their sake, we’ve got to let kids be kids
You have to watch out for nostalgia. No matter what people say, hindsight isn’t always 20-20. Sometimes, it’s a lot hazier. That’s why so many people today look back with fondness at an American past that never really existed, while others feel hopeless against today’s biggest challenges, and unable to acknowledge how much better life […]
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Maine Compass: Question 3 opponents focus on fear
Do we want to empower ourselves and choose our own energy direction by creating a customer-owned utility directly accountable to us?
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Douglas Rooks: Voter’s choice on Nov. 7 constitutional questions
Mainers making their way through the lengthy Nov. 7 statewide ballot may come to a surprising conclusion: that the four constitutional amendments they’ll consider are considerably more interesting than the four rather tedious initiated referendum questions that precede them. Question 3, which envisions scrapping Maine’s century-old private but publicly regulated electric companies, Central Maine Power […]
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Commentary: Restoration of democratic skill and civil discourse starts with us
We need to strive to listen when we hear – and not just to like-minded people.
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Commentary: Pine Tree Power good for both consumers and climate goals
Climate advocacy groups support Question 3 because they believe a consumer-owned utility can help Maine meet environmental objectives.
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Commentary: U.S. policy basically discourages having kids. Our economy is paying the price.
America is running out of people who can afford to raise children without assistance.
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Commentary: Veterans Crisis Line, 988 +1, faces major challenges
If following protocol isn’t enough, data and community-based evaluation is the next step toward protecting our nation’s heroes.
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Hilary Koch: We must make room for a human response to Oct. 7
To support our hurting friends, maybe the best approach right now is to listen.
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The Maine Millennial: Two wrongs do not make a right
Following the conflict in the Middle East, I keep coming back to my dad’s go-to saying.