Lots of red tape stands between new Mainers and the labor force. Fortunately, a common-sense solution is on the table.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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. […]
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Jim Fossel: Ignored special election typical of Maine Republican failure
Writing off a district may make administrative sense at close range. Zoom out, though, and you see it’s the result of dangerous disorganization and disunity.
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Commentary: Relationship between grief and substance user disorder cannot be taboo
Openly confronting grief is crucial for anyone navigating the process of recovery.
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The Maine Millennial: Find yourself a reason to go up north
Paying our respects to family from Presque Isle is an opportunity to travel to a land of contrasts.
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Commentary: Why are we still so freaked out by organized labor?
Americans cling to tired old stereotypes of unions at their peril.
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Commentary: COVID’S back. Who’s most likely to get it again?
Anyone still dragging their heels on booster shots should reconsider in a few weeks.
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Lisa Jarvis: Five key questions about Medicare’s new drug pricing
After months of speculation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (known as CMS) has finally released the list of medicines that will be subject to the agency’s new price-negotiating powers. The list should give the public hope that — assuming legal challenges from drugmakers are defeated — the program could yield significant savings and […]
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Commentary: Biosolids facility is a stopgap to Maine’s PFAS crisis, not a solution
Our state should seize a unique chance to flip this crisis into opportunity – and serve as a leader in technologies for addressing PFAS.