Not one but two studies now show state of Maine employees earn substantially less than their public and private sector counterparts throughout New England for the same work.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: An immediate solution to 50% emissions reduction stands all around us
Modern wood heat lowers emissions, keeps money local, creates jobs and supports forest stewardship.
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Commentary: Universal school meals will bring Maine-grown food to all Maine students
L.D. 1679 – making School Meals for All a permanent solution – will be a win for Maine students, Maine farms and fisheries and Maine schools.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We must seize the chance to protect our environmental rights
Urge your legislators to pass the proposed Pine Tree Amendment, which would provide a legal basis to take action against harmful policies or developments.
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Commentary: Dental care is health care. Mainers need access to it.
L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.
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Douglas Rooks: School funding achievement may be short-lived
For state treasuries, the worst thing is probably not having enough money. No one likes cutting programs, but raising taxes isn’t exactly popular, either. But, surprisingly, having too much money can also be a problem. Counterintuitively, politicians seem to quarrel almost as much about dividing up the spoils as they do in distributing financial pain. […]
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Bill Nemitz: ‘Houses of prostitution’ are bad for Maine kids. So are loaded guns.
Maine’s child-endangerment law is all but silent on keeping firearms away from children. That needs to change.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How do we fix our broken food system? Invest in local organic farms
It would benefit us if the food we were eating didn’t travel so far – so let’s convert more Maine farmland to organic production.
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Commentary: Pine Tree Amendment would protect environmental rights
L.D. 489 would enshrine the rights in the Maine constitution for both present and future generations to come.
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Rep. Cloutier and Sen. Bennett: Helping Maine’s family caregivers is the right thing to do
No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, you can agree that these essential workers deserve the $2,000 that L.D. 296 will provide them.