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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Voices: Lockdown benefits chains at the expense of small Maine businesses
A restaurant has to close, but gas stations sell food, liquor and coffee, and discounted Easter candy is a big draw at big-box stores.
Commentary: Contracts to build Clean Energy Corridor reflect project’s promise
The power line will provide jobs for Mainers and deliver clean energy to customers in Maine and New England.
Maine Voices: Quarantine advice from an old submariner
Many of the rules that helped make life manageable in a sub apply in our current situation.
Scott Cyrway: With nursing homes, keep your distance, and keep them safe
Staying away from our loved ones is what is best and safest for them until the outbreak has subsided.
Tyler Cowen: The coronavirus will make the digital divide even worse
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Jim Fossel: Governors will decide when to reopen the economy
The president has awesome powers, but canceling a state’s public health emergency is not one of them.
Maine Voices: Disease was formidable enemy for Maine soldiers in the Civil War
Then as now – and in surprising ways – illness shaped the way that people live and die.
The Maine Millennial: COVID crisis wrong time for congressional recess
Why are members of Congress sitting around at home when there’s work to be done in D.C.?
Bill Nemitz: Careening down the road of unintended consquences
State and local officials, as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, should keep one finger on the ‘pause’ button.