This is not about the integrity of our voting. It is about the integrity of our elected officials — and ourselves.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The Republican shutdown is pure political theater | Opinion
Instead of admitting a Democratic policy works, the party is letting Americans suffer.
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Maine voter ID proposal reminds me of Jim Crow | Opinion
Referendum Question 1 amounts to voter suppression, plain and simple. America has been down this disturbing road before.
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Moving fish around Maine’s waters may be legal. It’s also harmful. | Opinion
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is sending mixed messages by continuing this practice.
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Our Maine farm has weathered disaster before, but nothing like this | Opinion
If we lose affordable health insurance, everything will be called into question.
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Red flag proposal endangers Maine’s police and public | Opinion
This legislation isn’t about keeping Mainers safe. It’s about checking off a box for out-of-state gun control activists.
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Graham Platner let me down | Opinion
With hope in desperately short supply, we don’t need any more fecklessness.
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Janet Mills has it right on red flag law | Jim Fossel
The proposal has too much potential for abuse. Better enforcement of the laws we have and increased funding for mental health is the better way to go.
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Mainers will not benefit from coastal rocket launch sites | Opinion
Economic and oversight concerns make this a bad idea for our state.
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Question 1 could jeopardize voting for many older Mainers | Opinion
This isn’t a partisan issue; it’s a fairness issue.