When workplace standards are always changing, who gets to decide what’s out of bounds?
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Insight: Arctic Report Card finds need for improvement
Far from being a distant place that affects few people, the Arctic is at the center of the map because of climate change.
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Community Compass: Waterville should spend federal funding on most vulnerable
The system set up for distributing money from the American Rescue Plan is flawed, writes the Rev. Maureen Ausbrook.
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Maine Voices: State’s HOPE program helped me chart path to success
Thanks to Sara Gideon’s investment, more families like mine will have the support they need to pursue education and training beyond high school.
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Commentary: A new year brings a new surge in housing prices
Soaring rents and a red-hot home market are upending old seasonal patterns as job and wage growth drive a new economic cycle.
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Douglas Rooks: Unvaccinated Mainers need help, not contempt
The reopening of vaccine clinics, such as the ones at the Augusta Armory, are helpful, but more is needed.
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Maine Voices: The historic change that’s become the new normal
The Maine law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect Dec. 29, 2012. A lot of people are happier – and the fabric of society remains intact.
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Commentary: First Amendment protects our right to live our freedoms
On the 230th anniversary of the amendment’s official adoption, let’s consider why the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition were bundled together.
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Community Compass: Save Hodgkins field in Augusta
The city should decide on a long-term plan of development first, before proceeds to develop the Hodgkins field.
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Rep. Pingree: Infrastructure bill win-win for our economy, environment
Now Congress must pass the Build Back Better Act to keep pace with other nations on social supports.