You’ve likely heard that several Maine environmental groups petitioned the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) to adopt California’s aggressive Advanced Clean Car and Truck rules for Maine. The goal of the groups Natural Resources Council of Maine, Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation is to bypass the Maine Legislature and force their own climate […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Let’s protect Maine elections from foreign government interference
If you’re still on the fence about Question 2, consider that the state government isn’t permitted to spend in the same elections. Vote ‘yes.’
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Commentary: We have been handed an opportunity to prevent the next mass shooting
Now is the time to strengthen state firearm safety legislation and insist our federal lawmakers honor our tragedy with policy.
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Hilary Koch: Maine must take lead on fight against gun violence
A week and a half ago, over 30 Maine school districts were closed. So were several banks, grocery stores, gas stations, and other businesses. The roads were empty, much like on Christmas. But it wasn’t a holiday, because L.L. Bean in Freeport was closed too, and everyone knows Bean is open 24/7, year-round. On Oct. […]
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The Maine Millennial: Be gentle with yourselves right now
Fortunately for us, Mainers are very good at stepping up and helping one another.
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Bill Nemitz: The yellow flag law isn’t working. Maine’s leaders should be seeing red.
We owe it to the 18 people killed in the Lewiston shootings to strengthen our gun control laws.
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Jim Fossel: Our systems failed Lewiston victims
Government oversight isn’t flashy but it is essential. And it must be the number one concern for the state Legislature now.
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Maine Compass: Five lessons from Maine’s day from hell
Living in Maine, not far from where the recent mass shooting occurred, five lessons emerge. First, bad things happen in good places. Having grown up in Maine, near Lewiston, the shock for everyone in this community — in this state — was enormous, unfathomable. In Maine, as most know, we grow up trusting, and help anyone […]
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Commentary: Maine’s state gun policies are flawed – by design
Lawmakers in Augusta have had opportunity after opportunity to enact effective gun safety laws. None have been taken.
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Maine Compass: Vote yes on Question 3 to reject the disinformation from foreign for-profit utilities
Maine was served by home-grown electric utilities for over a century. Today, CMP and Versant are for-profit foreign corporations that sent $187 million in profits out of country last year. They have fossil fuel interests in Spain, Canada, Norway, and the Middle East and are so afraid of losing these profits that they are spending […]