The Legislature should examine to the costs of benefits of bringing passenger rail to Augusta and beyond.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine’s Roman Catholic bishop has spoken. Was anyone listening?
The use of fetus-derived cells to develop COVID-19 vaccines is not a debate worth having at this pivotal moment.
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Maine Voices: In my last year of teaching, I ‘lost’ a student
The children most at risk before COVID are affected even more now. If you know of a child who is not engaged in school, please speak up.
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Maine Voices: Ocean preserve needs protection
The nation’s only undewater national monument lies 130 miles off the coast of Maine, and it’s under threat.
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Angus King: $1.9 trillion COVID bill meets the moment
This legislation gets help to the people who need it most, including 10,000 Maine children who will be lifted from poverty.
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Tom Waddell: Gov. Mills’ order treats all equally — including churches
Religious leaders only recognize the separation of church and state when it suits them.
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Bill Nemitz: New and improved democracy – so easy you can do it in your pajamas
Zoom, a silver lining of the pandemic, has spurred greater attendance at local government meetings.
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Commentary: Working Maine families need lifeline to overcome impacts of COVID
Our senators must vote ‘yes’ on the upcoming American Rescue Plan so that Mainers can pay their bills, put food on the table and stay in their homes.
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George Smith: Thanks to conservationists, so much land, so little time
Central Maine is lucky to have people so committed to protecting its natural assets.
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Commentary: Prospects for broadband growth at critical point in Maine
Regulatory change could enable much-needed fast, reliable and affordable fiber internet access – if legacy phone, power and cable companies don’t block it.