If we divert the $1.8 billion devoted to the cancer ‘moonshot’ into ending hunger, every dollar spent will have a guaranteed positive impact on health immediately – in Maine and across the country.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Ben Bragdon: Higher fines for bad driving may just be a distraction
The Legislature is considering severe new fines on distracted driving. They probably won’t work.
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Douglas Rooks: Voter ID doesn’t have to be partisan
For the sake of democracy, and confidence in our elections, voter identification makes a lot of sense.
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Commentary: Maine should demand accountability from its solid waste monopolist
Communities served by the company find themselves in a take-it-or-leave-it situation. That’s not good enough.
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Commentary: Maine should shun initiatives to industrialize our coastal communities, waters
Restoration and protection efforts will sustain and strengthen our local fishing economies, cultures and marine ecosystems.
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Commentary: State ‘surplus’ a chance to set Maine up for a better future
For years we’ve been running at a deficit when it comes to meeting the needs of ordinary Mainers. Let’s turn that around.
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Commentary: My dream that women would lead Maine is now a reality
What’s on the menu for our state this International Women’s Day? Quite a bit.
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Maine Voices: A healthy respect for health care system pay equity
If MaineHealth and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems paid their highest non-physician earners $500,000, tops, each would have over $2 million to raise entry-level or ‘less-skilled’ workers’ wages.
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Maine Voices: UMaine System tuition waiver would benefit students, taxpayers alike
Not only would it help keep Mainers out of debt, but it would also help build a better-educated workforce, making our state more able to attract and retain businesses.
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Commentary: Next step for Maine tribes should be meetings, negotiation
A recent report suggests a 1980 act broadly deprives Maine tribes of the benefits of federal legislation. But exactly what powers do the tribes lack?