The unused state-owned rail line holds promise, but it will need local support to get funding.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Compass: Maine Brewshed Alliance now on tap to help protect Maine waters
Craft brewers are joining advocacy and education efforts across all 16 counties in the state.
Maine Compass: College students need to fill their stomachs to fuel their brains
Like many other Mainers with low-wage jobs, students are one unexpected expense away from having no money for food or rent.
Maine Compass: Maine values mean that MaineCare needs to cover abortion care
Access to the full range of reproductive health options is vital to a woman’s ability to decide her own future.
George Smith: There’s nothing like a library
Maine should be proud of their libraries, especially the ones in small rural communities.
Lisa Miller: Making sense of tragic police shootings
With a report released in January, Maine took a step toward answering key questions when law enforcement takes a life.
Timothy L. O’Brien: Trump can take a victory lap, but it’s a partial one
President Donald Trump scored a significant political and legal victory on Sunday. Attorney General William Barr, in a brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election, said that Mueller has determined that Trump and his aides didn’t conspire or coordinate with Russia in that country’s efforts to sabotage the campaign. […]
Maine Compass: We all should work to light the literacy flame, and keep it burning
Winter in Maine is known for its ample snow and biting cold, and a plethora of outdoor activities. Yet the limited daylight hours and erratic weather also often force residents inside their homes, and, for those fortunate enough, near their woodstoves and fireplaces. The pace of life seems to slow, the sounds of nature seem […]
Jim Fossel: Demand transparency from all political organizations
We need more information to properly assess their message.
The Maine Millenial: We are all #UglyDogs
The internet is not always a scary and dark place.