It may come as a surprise, but there’s actually more to politics these days than being explicitly anti-Trump.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Bad social service agencies get press, but they are the minority
Thank goodness there are plenty of great people providing help for mental illness in central Maine.
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Maine Compass: Shifting political environment an alarming trend for older LGBT Mainers
Isolation is still a key issue despite many advances in inclusion.
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Jim Fossel: Democrats’ division bleeds into the top ranks
The fight over the minimum wage tip credit shows the party hasn’t gotten over the election.
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Alan Caron: Kansas tax-cut nightmare could have been Maine
Trickle-down economics doesn’t work, yet that’s just what Paul LePage wants for Maine.
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Don Roberts: Augusta special election post-mortem, plus predictions
A look back at local results in last week’s election, and ahead to 2018.
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Tom Waddell: Maine Senate wrong to deny secular invocation
In rejecting a nonreligious opening a day, the Senate turned one group into outsiders, and violated the law.
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George Smith: Remembering Dad on Father’s Day
Thanks to Dad, I’m a Maine sportsmen, just like him.
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From the State House: Raise rates, end waitlists for most vulnerable adults
Maine once led the nation in care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It can again.