The needs of our friends and neighbors increase every day. My community, despite being divided on many fronts, comes together to meet those needs.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: In gubernatorial race, it’s Mills: 59; LePage: 23
The Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council and our 20 labor unions unanimously endorse Gov. Mills for a second term. Here’s why.
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Marty Walsh: Actually, America’s workforce is stronger than ever
We shouldn’t emerge from the pandemic with a soured view of our national work ethic, the U.S. labor secretary says.
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Maine Voices: Trailer parks wrongly overlooked in affordable-housing debate
Maine has the highest rate of mobile homes in the northeastern U.S. It’s past time to help those communities out.
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Commentary: Working Mainers deserve dignity, respect and the freedom to unionize
In Maine as nationwide, union election petitions are up, up, up. Let’s build on that momentum.
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Douglas Rooks: Governors past and present, one more time
We have the first matchup of a former and an incumbent governor since Joe Brennan and John McKernan faced off in 1990. But this race is different than that one.
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Maine Compass: Long hours, unreasonable demands drive teacher shortage
A former teacher explains the teacher shortage.
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Maine Voices: Bring nurses and doctors into medical billing conversation
With the Press Herald’s reporting as an exception, I have failed to understand the media’s resistance to this important subject.
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Maine Voices: The Inflation Reduction Act is better than you might think
Critics say increased inflation means we can’t afford its measures. In fact, the cost of not taking climate action would far exceed the legislation’s incentives.
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Commentary: Lawyers are to be blamed for lack of access to justice in Maine
It’s not that attorneys don’t want to represent low-income clients – it’s that we’ve made it impossible for each other to do so.