The ‘Great Maine Migration’ is under way – at least in the fantasies of a white nationalist chat room.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: ABC exemptions help workers, protect small businesses
If Congress passes a proposal to reclassify many independent contractors as employees, Maine’s delegation should make sure it includes plenty of waivers.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Pandemic will have lasting effects on our children, teens
All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.
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Douglas Rooks: To last, liberation must become law
Recent state and national laws, as well as more people of color ascending to positions of power in government, show the hard work underway to achieve racial liberation, Douglas Rooks writes.
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Commentary: Generic prescriptions deliver savings for Maine patients
An op-ed and an editorial praising proposed state regulations overlook the fact that brand-name drugs are consistently more costly to Maine.
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Commentary: Will Sen. Collins stand up for Maine on immigration reform?
By voting ‘no’ on President Biden’s amnesty proposal, she’d promote good jobs and wages for working-class Mainers of all parties.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Former PUC commissioners: Don’t put politicians in charge of our electric grid
Maine will not be able to keep up its climate response in the midst of a costly takeover battle.
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Trudy Rubin: Biden-Putin summit tests the strengths of democracy vs. autocracy
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mainers are suffering from lack of mental health funding
We need more than proclamations to address the well-documented need for mental health services.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Much could go wrong with government ownership of CMP, Versant
Maine would be better off using its regulatory powers to direct and hold accountable its investor-owned electric companies.