President Biden announced the first price negotiations over 10 super-expensive Medicare drugs last week through the Inflation Reduction Act as if it were a big deal. It is. In fact, it’s the first time since the program’s creation under Lyndon Johnson in 1965 that Democrats have struck a major blow toward reducing the program’s costs […]
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Commentary: Regardless of Pine Tree Power’s fate, Maine utilities will retain ‘green’ focus
Ultimately, the vote on Question 3 is about whether you think government or private monopolies should hold the keys to the clean electricity future.
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Commentary: With or without Maine, seaweed revolution is taking off
Let’s do everything in our power to stay on top of this emerging industry.
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Commentary: Nearly every battleground state is at risk of election denialism interfering in 2024
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning for re-election. Disinformation continues to run rampant on social media. Large portions of the country still doubt valid election results. Sound familiar? Signs point to 2024 being a redux of 2020. In addition, the recent indictments charging former President Trump and others with a conspiracy to overturn the legitimate […]
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Commentary: Together we must aspire to a more welcoming and safe Maine
Disarming intolerance and bigotry starts with education – this can be uncomfortable and scary, but it works.
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Commentary: School bus drivers keep our kids safe. Showing them respect could help improve the shortage
How many of us have seen a school bus come to a stop and activate its warning lights and stop arm, and yet a driver proceeds to pass the bus anyway? Imagine the fear that the bus driver must feel, as he or she is tasked with the responsibility of transporting children to and from […]
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Sen. Brad Farrin: Permitting reform would maximize benefits of infrastructure investments
The bipartisan infrastructure law that Sen. Susan Collins helped craft and pass in late 2021 makes several critical investments in Maine’s core transportation needs. If implemented in a timely manner, these infrastructure investments could help create jobs, strengthen local economies, improve Maine communities, and put us on the path to a cleaner, more sustainable future. […]
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Commentary: Businesses need reform of asylum seeker work authorization
Lots of red tape stands between new Mainers and the labor force. Fortunately, a common-sense solution is on the table.
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Commentary: Nuclear power could save our air quality. At what cost to the water?
You know it was a remarkable week when dumping tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean wasn’t even the lead story. That’s right: While much of the globe’s attention was on the former American president’s legal battles and the mug shot seen around the world, Japan started its 30-year plan to release the diluted […]
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Commentary: Labor Day’s forgotten older workers
When we think of workers on Labor Day, who comes to mind? Chances are, it’s not the millions of older workers still toiling in our nation’s home care and nursing facilities, cleaning our office buildings, hustling around carrying boxes in big corporate warehouses, driving long-haul trucks or sweating in the fields to produce our food. […]