To assure that electricity is affordable, Maine needs to increase annual assistance from its current level of approximately $17 million to approximately $60 million.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: Maine’s senators need to act fast to save Maine’s farmers
We’re keenly aware that there’s no farm-to-table dining – at our restaurants or anywhere else – without farms.
Commentary: Is computer programming a ‘dirty job’?
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Commentary: Mass long-COVID disability threatens the economy
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Sen. Trey Stewart: Why Senate Republicans said no to emergency heating assistance – for now
I have received many questions about why Senate Republicans said no to Gov. Janet Mills’ emergency heating and energy relief bill last week. Many wondered why we could go against such a worthy notion as providing relief to Mainers who have been impacted by higher heating oil prices and — come January — electricity costs. […]
Maine Compass: Maine voters show they’re ready for evidence-driven drug policy
During the recent campaigns, some candidates chose to fearmonger and shift blame to progressive policy for overdose deaths in a failed attempt to garner support.
Maine Voices: As Georgia showed us, it’s up to voters to raise the bar
Qualities like character, courage and competence get lost when we vote along party lines.
Maine Voices: Ten years after Sandy Hook, it seems to me that little has changed
We lose an entire kindergarten classroom a week to gun violence. When are we going to put an end to it?
Maine Compass: State must find a way to mine to Newry’s lithium deposit
The U.S. cannot continue to rely on China for the metal, which helps power green technology, a Colby College student writes.