Impaired driving on pot looms as one of the most vexing challenges facing policymakers and police alike.
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Bill Nemitz: Debacle in Maine classroom shows trickle-down effect of Trump’s immigrant bashing
Behavior that would have been out of bounds in the pre-Trump world has become acceptable to many people, and it cost a substitute teacher her job.
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Nemitz: Voter fraud panel takes on trappings of TV sitcom
A zealot takes us down memory lane with ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’
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Bill Nemitz: When it comes to pot, Attorney General Sessions increasingly alone in futile fight
His decision to end an Obama-era policy that had federal authorities look the other way on pot-law enforcement ignores the obvious social movement in the opposite direction.
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Bill Nemitz: Signature gathering all part of Election Day fun
Petition circulators and information distributors are key parts in the civic engagement process.
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Bill Nemitz: With raised ax in plain sight, Collins went out on a limb
Despite signs that her health care protection bills wouldn’t be voted on by year’s end as promised, she supported tax reform anyway and now critics are saying she was played.
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Bill Nemitz: Cuddling puppies is the wrong lesson for college students
UMaine at Farmington has better lessons to offer than how to de-stress with pre-exam puppy parties.
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It’s not too late for Sen. Collins to do right by Mainers
Her ‘yea’ vote on the tax reform bill was a step backward, but listening to her constituents, like she did when she helped save the Affordable Care Act, is what will help her now.
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Bill Nemitz: Another target of Republican tax bill: donations to nonprofits
No tax deduction means less incentive to donate, which in turn means less money for the local church, soup kitchen, youth group or myriad other organizations.
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Bill Nemitz: 100+ Women Who Care are building community one $50 check at a time
On the southern Maine chapter’s 3rd anniversary, the organization continues to show how easy it can be to raise cash for some of the region’s most pressing social needs.