Schools can influence how often kids use cellphones.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Congress should renew conservation fund, a lifeline for Maine’s outdoors
A 50-year-old program ensures access to hunting, fishing, hiking and camping — and expires on Sept. 30.
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Commentary: Portland should also celebrate its restaurant workers – with paid sick days
They make national honors – like from Bon Appetit – possible and should benefit from the success.
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Maine Voices: Every day I ask myself: How can this be happening in America?
Trump’s slimy behavior and his party leadership’s reluctance to criticize him are embarrassingly farcical.
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Maine Voices: Kavanaugh would endanger women’s right to make nuanced pregnancy choices
Termination might be the best option when a developing child has a debilitating condition or when delivery would pose a risk to the mother.
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Sen. Scott Cyrway: Fentanyl a rising threat to Maine
The state, and the federal government, must take the powerful drug seriously.
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Maine Voices: Senate should restore 60-vote threshold for federal judicial nominees
Also, future presidents and Senate leaders of both parties must come together to choose them.
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Douglas Rooks: Will we make our system work?
Frustration mounts as people fail to follow the rules.
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George Smith: We need to find a way to be civil
We need to work together respectfully if we are going to overcome challenges.
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Maine Compass: Now is the time for a public electric utility in Maine
Such an entity would deal with the crisis of confidence in the major electric utilities and achieve lower rates.