The prescient plan that she and Sen. Portman support will help fund infrastructure, will plug a loophole and will initially serve as a levy on wealth.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: No wonder there’s a shortage of restaurant workers
Coverage of the scramble to fill food and beverage jobs spurs a Portland man to describe what he’s seen in 17 years in the business.
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Maine Voices: End stigmatizing language around substance use
Leaders like Biden and Mills should lead the effort and banish pejoratives like ‘addict’ and ‘drunk’ from public discourse.
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Maine Compass: Smart growth belongs in federal infrastructure investments
As negotiations continue in D.C. and discussions are happening in coffee shops and offices across the country, the time is right to highlight strategic federal infrastructure investments that will ensure resilient communities and lasting prosperity — for Maine and the nation. We are encouraged by the bipartisan infrastructure agreement negotiated within the U.S. Senate with […]
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Maine Voices: Our country’s foundation depends on strong infrastructure plan
Any package should include enhanced broadband access and renewable energy, address climate change and harness willing private-sector resources.
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Douglas Rooks: Raising mail rates on newspapers makes a bad situation worse
The First Amendment requires a strong, free press.
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Maine Voices: Federal relief funds should target Mainers hit hardest by the pandemic
Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
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Commentary: For heaven’s sake, get the COVID-19 vaccination
Conservative inoculation opponents frame the issue as a matter of rights when in fact it’s a matter of everyday morality.
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Maine Compass: White students deserve – and need – to learn more about race
“What is Jim Crow?” The question took me aback. It came from an earnest sophomore, a white student from southern Maine who had enrolled in my Colby College course on race in the nation’s capital a few years ago. We had been studying how Black Washingtonians faced an increasingly hostile racial atmosphere in late 19th century, […]
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Maine Voices: Water control as political tool is playing out across the world
The struggles of Palestinians and the people of Maine for water rights and environmental justice are linked.