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Opinion: We are not powerless in the face of Gaza horror

by Nick Fuller Googins June 2, 2024June 1, 2024

If the largest union in Maine can demand that its pension fund divest its holdings in any entity complicit in Gaza killings, others can follow.

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Jim Fossel: Change the presidential primary process

by Jim Fossel June 2, 2024June 3, 2024

The present hodgepodge of rules, schedules and processes does us a disservice.

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The Maine Millennial: My body keeps the score

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal June 2, 2024June 3, 2024

Another year of sobriety in the books, another tattoo to mark it.

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Hilary Koch: Challenging the status quo in Waterville’s State House primaries

by Hilary Koch June 2, 2024June 1, 2024

This year’s primaries offer choices for Waterville Democrats. Let’s make the right ones.

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Commentary: Our civic confidence is at an all-time low. How do we build momentum?

by Rich Harwood May 31, 2024May 30, 2024

I was recently in northern Colorado for a series of campaign events in Loveland and Fort Collins. Separated by just a few miles along Highway 287, each is home to different assets and challenges. Fort Collins has experienced rapid growth and is now wrestling with housing affordability and different populations’ access to resources. Meanwhile, Loveland […]

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Douglas Rooks: Sheriff ‘impeachment’ underlines need for change

by Douglas Rooks May 30, 2024May 29, 2024

After a lengthy, unusual and at points downright odd set of proceedings, Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright kept his office when Gov. Janet Mills declined to use her authority to remove him. Mills accepted recommendations on May 13 from former Supreme Judicial Court Justice Donald Alexander, who she appointed to hear charges brought by the […]

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Opinion: Different thinking needed to restore Maine’s Atlantic salmon

by Steve Heinz May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

FERC’s record of supporting restoration of sea-run fisheries is abysmal. The last Atlantic salmon population in the country deserves better.

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Commentary: The government must do more for older Americans facing homelessness

by Tom Murphy and Yolanda Stevens May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

As Donald Trump and President Joe Biden continue their 2024 campaigns, Americans are asking difficult questions about aging: What does it mean when each nominee is over the age of 75? How will the impacts of aging affect their abilities to serve? Meanwhile, those on the frontlines of America’s homelessness crisis are facing the aging […]