Science is at the heart of the federal decision, just as in the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Maine’s out-of-state bait fish ban.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bill Nemitz: An open letter from Maine to the president who isn’t
Donald Trump’s looming visit to Piscataquis County, another in a long line of ego trips, cannot be over soon enough.
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Douglas Rooks: The ‘Politics of Fear’ returns
There are striking similarities and stark differences between today and 1968.
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George Smith: Getting ready for camp?
Many Mainers cherish quiet – and not so quiet – summers and fall at their favorite home away from home.
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Maine Voices: The question white parents don’t face – ‘Why do they hate us?’
George Floyd’s murder traumatized my daughter. White Americans should stop ignoring the racist acts and attitudes that helped lead to it.
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Maine Voices: ‘Universal’ testing isn’t enough to protect nursing home residents from COVID
It’s critical to do smart proactive testing of staff on COVID units and medical providers and staff working at multiple facilities or units.
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Sara Gideon: Washington’s COVID response has put partisan politics ahead of state, local needs
Senate Republicans focus on filling empty judgeships as Maine towns, cities and counties go without federal CARES Act funds.
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Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills has most to lose in COVID politics
Whether she opens the economy too fast or too slow, she will be held accountable in 2022.
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Maine Voices: It’s protective equipment, not a political symbol – put on your mask
Question business managers and owners who don’t enforce orders, praise ones who do – and perfect your shocked stare.
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Bill Nemitz: Long live the ‘Lucky O’Brien’ – the last of Maine’s Liberty ships
The SS Jeremiah O’Brien, the last of the Liberty ships built in South Portland during World War II, survived the German U-boats, the Mothball Fleet and now, a devastating fire on San Francisco’s waterfront.