Over the last few decades, businesses have made off with the federal, state and local taxbase.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: For Putin, sport is more than a game
Now is the time for the world athletic community to take drastic measures to isolate Russia, its autocratic leader and his enablers.
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Maine Compass: Is L.D. 1673 an appropriate path to affordable housing?
The proposal may work for Maine’s more urban communities, but it won’t work for everyone.
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David Trahan: Maine gets an ‘F’ for gun violence. Really?
I usually pay little attention to the propaganda that I receive on my email. Most of it is unreliable information and not worth a second look. So I must admit, when the Giffords Law Center gun control organization sent me an email announcing they had given the state of Maine a grade of “F” for […]
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Commentary: Republicans should stand with Biden on Ukraine
Politics should ‘stop at the water’s edge’ when partisan division can be read as weakness.
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Maine Voices: As pandemic instability fades, our mental crowding will ease
Even if things are not entirely ‘normal,’ the new norm has become a norm and requires less mental effort.
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Maine Voices: Making Maine’s high-speed internet dreams come true
An engaged community can fundamentally alter the economics of a broadband project.
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Maine Voices: Ukraine war creates opportunity for online scams
Cybersecurity expert offers steps that people can take to avoid being taken advantage of by bad actors.
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Bill Nemitz: Thinking about mental health? It’s about time.
The pandemic and a state surplus provide a long-overdue opportunity to help Mainers who long have been overlooked.
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Maine Compass: Sister cities show how peace is possible
We have so much in common that we, the world’s people, should encourage and insist that our leaders understand our concern for the future of mankind and this beautiful planet.