The good news is that the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that said police can’t confiscate guns from domestic abusers. The bad news is that the high court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which guided the lower court’s ruling, remains firmly in place. Bruen is among the worst-reasoned Supreme Court decisions […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Red flag laws stop shootings, a lesson Maine could have learned from California
Give the the police the legal authority to press the case.
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Douglas Rooks: Pine Tree Power targeted wrong side of electricity equation
Plus other lessons from Election Day 2023, including a big night by Democrats.
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Commentary: It’s now time for CMP to put energy into what matters
Over the next 12 months, our company is going to be doubling down on meeting the growing and changing demand for electricity.
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Maine Compass: In Maine, love is louder than hatred
We have joined with several others to create the Greater Augusta Unity Committee, which will hold a rally at Mill Park next Sunday, Nov. 12., at 1 p.m.
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Commentary: Aroostook Renewable Gateway is a failure of imagination
Our neighbors have successfully experimented with buried power lines. Why can’t we?
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Commentary: Yellow flag laws are not nearly enough
The writing’s on the wall: A yellow flag law is a compromise that is too complicated to be effective.
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Commentary: Before Lewiston shootings, the gun rules were unfair and weren’t even followed
It turns out that children can teach adults a few things about rules.
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Maine Voices: We must not let our fear close in on our chances for joy
Tired of other people’s behavior dictating what I can and cannot do, I made a choice to push past it.
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Sen. Brad Farrin: Important decisions on electric cars should be made by Legislature
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 […]